This book integrates the fundamentals of quantitative significance, using existing estimates of the elasticities of demand for tax, health insurance, and medical services in a static microsimulation model. It serves as a guide to the financial and social basics of health insurance and provides...

Der Beitrag beschäftigt sich mit der Beihilfe als eigenständigem Krankenfürsorgesystem für die Beamten. Mit Daten des Jahres 2004 wird die Hypothese der fiskalischen Vorteilhaftigkeit des Beihilfesystems gegenüber einer Einbeziehung der Beamten in die GKV geprüft. Dabei kann die...

As a recognition of the valuable role of private sector in the healthcare delivery system, this paper attempts to collate vital information on private hospitals in the Philippines. This paper looks at the different characteristics and structures of private hospitals sector with regard to...

The share of privately paid medical care is steadily increasing. Polish patients pay immediately for single services and may also privately conclude the contracts for medical insurance or subscription (steady access to complex private medical care). The aim of this paper is to draw the reader's...