Dear all,
some time ago I asked for information concerning mixed systems of medical
insurances (public and private). I am sending now a summary of the
information received. I really would loke to thank all of you who have
helpt me. Sending the question to the list has been very useful.
The information is in a attached file in txt format. If any of you cannot
read it, please tell me and I will send it again.
Yours,
Angel Marcos.
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Angel M. Vera
PhD. Student
Dept. of Economics and Economic History Tel. +34-935-811-561
Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona Fax. +34-935-812-012
08193-Bellaterra. Barcelona. Spain. e-mail [log in to unmask]
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Summary of the information received about links between Public and Private medical insurances. 9 December 1998.
Facts and Trends
European Health Care Systems and Pharmaceutical Markets
An overview from Arzneimittel Zeitung
Aerzte Zeitung Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Neu-Isenburg
Am Forsthaus Gravenbruch 5-7
D-63263 Neu-Isenburg
Germany.
ISBN 3-928748-12-2
Gesundheitssysteme im internationalen Vergleich (In German)
Schneider M. et al.
Abersichten 1997
BASYS
Reisingstr. 25
D-86159 Augsburg.
ISBN 3-930077-12-4
'The Public Private Mix for Health', edited
by Alan Maynard and Gordon McLachlan and published by the
Nuffield Trust.The Nuffield Trust is in London on +44 171 631 8450.
OECD Health Policy Studies 1992 and 1994.
1998 OECD Country Report on Portugal.
European Health Care Reform
Analysis of Current Strategies
Edited and written by
Richard B. Saltman ad Josep Figueras.
WHO Regional Publications, European Series, No. 72
ISBN 92 890 13362
ISSN 0378-2255
Health Care in Canada: A Description and Analysis of Canadian Health
Services", by Ralph Sutherland and M. Jane Fulton, published by The Health
Group, Ottawa, 1992.
Cutler DM, Gruber J. Medicaid and Private insurance: evidence and
implications. Health Affairs January/February 1997. 194–200.
Cartwright, William S.; Hu, Teh-Wei; Huang, Lien-Fu. : Impact of Varying
Medigap Insurance Coverage on the Use of Medical Services of the Elderly.
Applied Economics; v24 n5 May 1992, pp. 529-39.
Innovations in health care financing. World Bank Discussion Paper No. 365. 1997.
An Essential Hospitsl Package for South Africa. Selection Criteria, Costs and Affordability. Neil Soderlund. Centre for Health Policy. Johannesburg. South Africa. 1998.
http://www.enigma.co.nz Web page about New Zeland
http://www.pc.gov.au/inquiry/health/index.html Web page about Australia
I would really like to thank: Andrea Donatini, Andrea Spannheimer, Dominic Hodgkin, Karen Bloor, Bill Swan, George Gotsadze, Donald S. Shepard, Toni Ashton, Tom Getzen, Pedro Pita Barros, Neil Soderlund, Ian McKillop, Donald Light, Shaun Larkin, Matthew Jowett and all of you who took some time in thinking about my question. All of them have made my work much easier.
Yours faithfully,
Angel Marcos Vera.
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