Equity in the finance of health care : Some further international comparisons

Summary, in English

This paper presents further international comparisons of progressivity of health care financing systems. The paper builds on the work of Wagstaff et al. [Wagstaff, A., van Doorslaer E., et al., 1992. Equity in the finance of health care: some international comparisons, Journal of Health Economics 11, pp. 361-387] but extends it in a number of directions: we modify the methodology used there and achieve a higher degree of cross-country comparability in variable definitions; we update and extend the cross- section of countries; and we present evidence on trends in financing mixes and progressivity.

• Author: Adam Wagstaff; Eddy Van Doorslaer; Hattem Van Der Burg; Samuel Calonge; Terkel Christiansen; Guido Citoni; Ulf G. Gerdtham; Mike Gerfin; Lorna Gross; Unto Häkinnen; Paul Johnson; Jürgen John; Jan Klavus; Claire Lachaud; Jørgen Lauritsen; Robert Leu; Brian Nolan; Encarna Perán; João Pereira; Carol Propper; Frank Puffer; Lise Rochaix; Marisol Rodríguez; Martin Schellhorn; Gun Sundberg; Olaf Winkelhake
• Publishing year: 1999-06-01
• Language: English
• Pages: 263-290
• Publication/Series: Journal of Health Economics
• Volume: 18
• Issue: 3
• Links: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0167-6296(98)00044-7
• Document type: Journal article review
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Topic: Economics
• Keywords: Health care financing; Progressivity
• Status: Published
• ISBN/ISSN/Other: ISSN: 0167-6296