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A distributional analysis of out-of-pocket healthcare financing in Nigeria using a new decomposable Gini index
Ichoku, Hyacinth E.; Fonta, William M.; Araar, Abdelkrim - In: CBN journal of applied statistics 1 (2010) 1, pp. 9
) to assess the redistributive effects of direct healthcare financing in Nigeria. This new framework makes it possible not … to utilize healthcare is always linked to the decision to pay for healthcare, as is the case in Nigeria, out …
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The Distributional Impact of Healthcare Financing in Nigeria: A Case Study of Enugu State
Ichoku, Hyacinth Ementa; Fonta, William Munpuibeyi - Partenariat en Politiques Économiques (PEP), … - 2006
The deregulation of healthcare financing and supply in Nigeria has shifted the healthcare system towards competitive …
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The Distributional Impact of Healthcare Financing in Nigeria : A Case Study of Enugu State - PMMA-10021
Ichoku, Ementa Hyacinth - 2012
inequality between the rich and the poor in Nigeria has become a major source of national and international concern. This study … level in Nigeria. For this purpose, the Aronson-Johnson-Lambert (AJL) method of decomposition was used. The data set was … generated from a recent survey carried out in Enugu State, Nigeria. The preliminary findings show that the health financing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013098339
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A distributional analysis of out-of-pocket healthcare financing in Nigeria using a new decomposable Gini index
Ichoku, H. Eme; Fonta, William M.; Araar, Abdelkrim - In: CBN Journal of Applied Statistics 01 (2010) 1, pp. 65-77
) to assess the redistributive effects of direct healthcare financing in Nigeria. This new framework makes it possible not … to utilize healthcare is always linked to the decision to pay for healthcare, as is the case in Nigeria, out …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011482548
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The convergence of health care financing structures : empirical evidence from OECD-countries
Leiter, Andrea M.; Theurl, Engelbert - 2009
In this paper we concentrate on the question whether the financing structure of the health care systems converges. In a world of increasing economic integration convergence in health care financing (HCF) and, hence, decreasing differences in HCF across countries enhance individuals (labour)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011343927
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Parallel private health insurance in Australia : a cautionary tale and lessons for Canada
Hurley, Jeremiah E.; Vaithianathan, Rhema; Crossley, … - 2002
Canada's restrictions on the role of private health insurance for publicly insured physician and hospital services are unique among countries with universal, publicly funded health care systems. Pressure is mounting in Canada, however, to loosen these restrictions and create a parallel system of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011411845
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Chapter 34 Equity in health care finance and delivery
Wagstaff, Adam; van Doorslaer, Eddy - In: Handbook of health economics : volume 1, part B, (pp. 1803-1862). 2000
The paper surveys the economics literature on equity in health care financing and delivery. The focus is, for the most part, on empirical work, especially that involving international and temporal comparisons. There is, however, some discussion of the concept and definition of equity. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014024171
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The Convergence of Health Care Financing Structures: Empirical Evidence from OECD-Countries
Leiter, Andrea M.; Theurl, Engelbert - 2009
In this paper we concentrate on the question whether the financing structure of the health care systems converges. In a world of increasing economic integration convergence in health care financing (HCF) and, hence, decreasing differences in HCF across countries enhance individuals' (labour)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294784
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Parallel Private Health Insurance in Australia: A Cautionary Tale and Lessons for Canada
Hurley, Jeremiah; Vaithianathan, Rhema; Crossley, Thomas F. - 2002
Canada?s restrictions on the role of private health insurance for publicly insured physician and hospital services are unique among countries with universal, publicly funded health care systems. Pressure is mounting in Canada, however, to loosen these restrictions and create a parallel system of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271940
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A simple model of health insurance competition
Kemnitz, Alexander - 2010
This paper investigates competition between health insurance companies under different financing regulations. We consider two alternatives advanced in recent German health care reform discussions: competition by contribution rates (health contributions) and by fees (health premia). We find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008698408