Equity in health has to be distinguished from equity in access to health care, or equity in the distribution of health … care resources. We take as a working definition of health for our purposes the number of quality adjusted life years that a … synonymous with reducing inequalities in health, we also consider the much richer variety of concepts employed by philosophers …

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

Quantity rationing is widely used by the traditional literature on public health care expenditure determination as a … means to justify the coexistence of the private health care sector. However, this artefact is not suitable for a wide range … of health care services that have an "all or nothing" characteristic. In this paper, we use another kind of rationing …

Individual moral hazard engendered by health insurance and monopolistic production are both typical phenomena of drug … insurance against the risk of drug expenses. In contrast, the social welfare criterion suggests that individuals should purchase … more insurance coverage than they choose to do in the market equilibrium. …

account (covering education and training), and a health account (covering insurance against sickness and disability). Instead … health and education services, providing social safety nets and redistributing incomes more efficiently. …

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. …

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. …

well. Thus, public and private provision of health care, made mutually consistent within a utility-based approach by the …