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Private Provision and Private Funding

In: The Quest for a Divided Welfare State

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  • John Lapidus

    (University of Gothenburg)

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Does privatization of provision lead to increased private funding of welfare services? The chapter explores the mutual dependency between private provision and private funding, an issue that has been largely absent from the debate ever since privatization of provision of Swedish welfare services began in the early 1990s. First, without extensive privatization of provision, the insurance companies would have nowhere to send their customers. This is so because publicly run healthcare does not welcome policyholders on those terms. Second, private providers tend to become more dependent on the insurance market. This is due to risk spreading and, more importantly, to the fact that insurance companies pay more per patient, something which can have major consequences for the public health system in the long run.

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  • John Lapidus, 2019. "Private Provision and Private Funding," Springer Books, in: The Quest for a Divided Welfare State, chapter 0, pages 33-48, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-030-24784-3_3
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-24784-3_3
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