A health insurer's Medical Loss Ratio (MLR) is the share of premiums spent on medical claims. As part of the goal of reducing the cost of health care coverage, the Affordable Care Act introduced minimum MLR provisions for all health insurance sold in fully-insured commercial markets as of 2011,...

Versorgungsforschung, gesundheitsökonomische Evaluationen, GKV-Routinedaten, Versorgungsprozesse, Sekundärdaten. - Health services research, health economic evaluations, claims data, secondary data, health care process

Using administrative data on incomes and healthcare spending, we develop new evidence on the distribution of healthcare spending in Hungary. We document substantial geographic heterogeneity and a positive association between income and public healthcare spending.