expenditures in education, health, and infrastructure on economic growth, poverty, and income distribution in the past 20 years …

risk exposure and (c) a progressive scheme where mutual risk insurance spreads risk across all subjects such that low …

the principal public transfers (education, health, social security, direct cash transfers) in 1992-2014, and for the full …

Most systems of health care financing in EU member states currently include elements of income redistribution. The …-compatible insurance contracts, for example through the introduction of copayment schemes. On the revenue side, income redistribution … carried out through wage-based insurance contributions. …

annuity markets and tax deductibility of private health expenditures. …

The paper surveys the economics literature on equity in health care financing and delivery. The focus is, for the most … discussion of the concept and definition of equity. The empirical sections cover the literature on equity in health care … financing (progressivity and horizontal equity of health care financing arrangements), equity in health care delivery …

patients. Indeed, anecdotal evidence suggests that some individuals may opt to compromise their health by foregoing highly …

Background. Differences in health and health services use among different ethnic groups within populations have been … always a major concern in democratic societies. Past research has documented the gaps both in health and in services … utilization between the Israeli Arab and Jewish populations. Method. This paper studies the 1993 utilization of health services by …