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Will Private Health Insurance Make the Distribution of Public Health Subsidies More Equal? The Case of India

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  • Ajay Mahal

    (Department of Population and International Health, Harvard School of Public Health, 665 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA, e-mail: amahal@hsph.harvard.edu)

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This paper assesses the impact of the entry of private players in the health insurance market on the size of the insurance market and the distribution of public health subsidies on health care provision in India. Simulation results presented in the paper suggest that the redistributive effect is small when richer groups have privileged access to public facilities. The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance Theory (2003) 28, 131–160. doi:10.1023/A:1026392821297

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  • Ajay Mahal, 2003. "Will Private Health Insurance Make the Distribution of Public Health Subsidies More Equal? The Case of India," The Geneva Risk and Insurance Review, Palgrave Macmillan;International Association for the Study of Insurance Economics (The Geneva Association), vol. 28(2), pages 131-160, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:genrir:v:28:y:2003:i:2:p:131-160
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