The demand for private health insurance in the UK has risen rapidly in the last decade. The paper discusses the nature … of the demand for private health insurance in a health care market dominated by a public supplier, in which the consumer … significant determinants of the probability of purchase of health insurance cover. The results also suggest that we lack …

for private health care and the demand for private insurance in Britain. It is shown that the market is highly specialised … million people are covered by private health care insurance and in 1987 over £580 million was paid out in benefits. If private … that private buyers of insurance tend to be conservative in adjusting to market changes. This behaviour is consistent with …

private health insurance in England. The survey, a nationally representative survey of the population of England aged 25 to 70 … information on both the reasons for health insurance purchase and the reasons for non-purchase by individuals and families. The … insurance across different socio-economic groups and regions of England. These tables are compared to those from the latest …