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Private voluntary health insurance in health care financing system – comparative analysis in EU countries (Wykorzystanie metody ubezpieczeniowej w systemach finansowania ochrony zdrowia – analiza zroznicowania w krajach Unii Europejskiej)

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  • Teresa Czerwinska

    (Wydzial Zarzadzania, Uniwersytet Warszawski)

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The aim of the paper is to identify the role and functions of the voluntary private insurance in the countries that have different systems of financing the health care, either the Beveridge model or Bismarck model. The research was conducted on the base of the analysis of the statistic data illustrating share of the private voluntary private insurance in total financing expenditures on the health care and the development of the market of those insurances in UE countries.

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  • Teresa Czerwinska, 2015. "Private voluntary health insurance in health care financing system – comparative analysis in EU countries (Wykorzystanie metody ubezpieczeniowej w systemach finansowania ochrony zdrowia – analiza zroz," Problemy Zarzadzania, University of Warsaw, Faculty of Management, vol. 13(53), pages 37-57.
    • Handle: RePEc:sgm:pzwzuw:v:13:i:53:y:2015:p:37-57
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    Keywords

    private voluntary health insurance; health care financing; health expenditure;
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    JEL classification:

    • G22 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Insurance; Insurance Companies; Actuarial Studies
    • I11 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Analysis of Health Care Markets
    • I13 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Insurance, Public and Private
    • I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health

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