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Health insurance for the healthy? Voluntary health insurance in Sweden

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  • Kullberg, Linn
  • Blomqvist, Paula
  • Winblad, Ulrika

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In Sweden, voluntary health insurance is held only by a very small part of the population, but uptake has grown rapidly since 2000. So far, little is known about who purchases this insurance and what the insurance plans contain.

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  • Kullberg, Linn & Blomqvist, Paula & Winblad, Ulrika, 2019. "Health insurance for the healthy? Voluntary health insurance in Sweden," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 123(8), pages 737-746.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:hepoli:v:123:y:2019:i:8:p:737-746
    DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2019.06.004
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