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El Seguro Previsional de Salud: Determinantes de la Elección entre Seguro Público y Privado, 1990-1994

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  • Claudio Sapelli

    (Instituto de Economía)

  • Arístides Torche

    (Instituto de Economía)

Abstract

This paper studies the factors that determine the choice of either pri-vate (ISAPRES) or public (FONASA) health insurance in Chile, by those man-dated by law to purchase health insurance (i.e. dependant workers and retirees). Earnings are generally consid

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  • Claudio Sapelli & Arístides Torche, 1998. "El Seguro Previsional de Salud: Determinantes de la Elección entre Seguro Público y Privado, 1990-1994," Latin American Journal of Economics-formerly Cuadernos de Economía, Instituto de Economía. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile., vol. 35(106), pages 383-406.
    • Handle: RePEc:ioe:cuadec:v:35:y:1998:i:106:p:383-406
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    1. Ricardo Sanhueza & Jaime Ruiz-Tagle, 2002. "Choosing Health Insurance in a Dual Health Care System: The Chilean Case," Journal of Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 5(1), pages 157-184, May.
    2. Sapelli, Claudio & Vial, Bernardita, 2003. "Self-selection and moral hazard in Chilean health insurance," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 22(3), pages 459-476, May.
    3. Bronfman, Javier, 2011. "Health Insurance Choice, Moral Hazard and Adverse Selection: A Study of the Chilean Case Using Panel Data," MPRA Paper 63266, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    4. Bronfman, Javier, 2014. "Universal health insurance under a dual system, evidence of adverse selection against the public sector: the case of Chile," MPRA Paper 63262, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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    Keywords

    Health insurance; mandated benefits; Chile;
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    JEL classification:

    • I11 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Analysis of Health Care Markets
    • I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health

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