mainly builds upon OECD Health Data 2011. We measure changes in the funding mix since 1972 as its distance from a funding mix … processes in NHS and social insurance countries and ongoing switch-over-processes between these two healthcare system types …

the nation's poor health based on a flawed diagnosis: lack of insurance. We presume that more care means better care; that … insurance or cheaper policies. Rather, I suggest that the root-cause underlying the poor health statistics is more complex than …The political solution to our health crisis appears to be an expanded health coverage program, perhaps universal and …

factor to capture trend and uncertainty. We estimate the model parameters using U.S. Health and Retirement Study (HRS) data … application in costing of government funded aged care and pricing and risk management of LTC insurance products …

Over the last two decades, the Peruvian government has made great efforts to improve access to health care by … significantly augmenting the coverage of the non-contributory public health care system Seguro Integral de Salud (SIS). This … expansion has a positive impact on welfare and public health indicators, as it limits the risk of catastrophic health …

We explore demand for insurance in a setting where nonparticipation has been com-mon: health insurance. We present a … stylized model of insurance demand in which consumers make optimistically-biased assessments about future health outcomes. The … standard model would predict participation unless insurance is too costly. Our analysis additionally suggests that households …

We develop a "welfarist" model in which the collective demand for health insurance is mainly explained by a solvability … motive : health insurance does not have for principal function to treat the risk aversion of solvent agents but to make it … health insurance, curiously neglected in the literature, makes it possible to interpret differently the "perverse effects" of …

The main purpose of the German long-term care insurance was - and still is - to contribute to an adequate supply with … introduction of the statutory long-term care insurance, opinions tend to differ. From some people's point of view the long …-term care insurance is a success story for people in need of care, their families and nursing as a profession. Others consider …

-reach with the exception of Jordan, Lebanon and Palestine, and in most Western Asian countries, insurance companies do not see a … need to turn to low-income earners. (iii) Insurance, co-operative and NGO laws of several countries constitute constraints …

to secure insurance at a lower premium that does not match risk. Predictive genetic testing could lead to anti …-selection in insurance markets. The extent of this impact turns on how much individuals alter their insurance purchasing behavior …