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Optimal Health Insurance Contracts

In: Health Economics

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  • Peter Zweifel

    (University of Zurich)

  • Friedrich Breyer

    (University of Konstanz)

  • Mathias Kifmann

    (University of Augsburg)

Abstract

In Chapter 5, several reasons were presented and discussed as to why a developed society may decide to have social health insurance with compulsory membership. This means that individuals are not completely free in deciding the amount of their insurance coverage against the cost of illness, since they are not permitted to have less than a minimum level of protection.

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  • Peter Zweifel & Friedrich Breyer & Mathias Kifmann, 2009. "Optimal Health Insurance Contracts," Springer Books, in: Health Economics, chapter 6, pages 203-252, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-540-68540-1_6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-68540-1_6
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    1. Sengupta, Reshmi & Rooj, Debasis, 2019. "The effect of health insurance on hospitalization: Identification of adverse selection, moral hazard and the vulnerable population in the Indian healthcare market," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 122(C), pages 110-129.

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