The objective of this study consists in quantifying in money terms the potential reduction in usage of public health … care outlets associated to the tenure of double (public plus private) insurance. In order to address the problem, a … probabilistic model for visits to physicians is specified and estimated using data from the Catalonian Health Survey. Also, a model …

This paper studies the mechanism for the equity of payments for using the Colombian health system, defined as the … payment system are studied, as well as a particular case of a homogeneous population. Health services are grouped together …

This document analyzes the access to health services for the population belonging to the contributive and subsidized … regimes in the Colombian Caribbean region. Models of discreet selection are constructed - simple logit and Heckman probit - to … gain insight about the determinants for the use of health services because of both preventive and curative reasons. Among …

Previous literature on business performance in the insurance market tends to focus only on efficiency or profitability …. However, the relationship between both has yet to be addressed in the Spanish insurance market. This paper examines the … relationship between efficiency scores obtained through a two-stage DEA and the values of the classical financial ratios (ROE, ROA …

We analyze the effect of introducing a minimum mandatory health insurance plan in a segmented market in which high … minimum premium regulation. When we compare the equilibriums pre and post introduction of the basic health insurance plan, we … in our model). We assume both types of insurers must provide the basic plan, insurance is compulsory, and there is a …