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Private health care as a supplement to a public health system with waiting time for treatment

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  • Hoel, Michael

    (Department of Economics)

  • Sæther, Erik Magnus

    (Ragnar Frisch Centre for Economic Research)

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In this article the authors Michael Hoel and Erik Magnus Sæther consider an economy where most of the health care is publicly provided, and where there is waiting time for several types of treatments. Private health care without waiting time is an option for the patients in the public health queue. This article shows the effects of a tax (positive or negative) on private health care, and derives the socially optimal tax/subsidy. Finally, a discussion of how the size of the tax might affect the political support for a high quality public health system is provided.

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  • Hoel, Michael & Sæther, Erik Magnus, 2009. "Private health care as a supplement to a public health system with waiting time for treatment," HERO Online Working Paper Series 2000:9, University of Oslo, Health Economics Research Programme.
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    1. Hoel, Michael & Saether, Erik Magnus, 2003. "Public health care with waiting time: the role of supplementary private health care," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 22(4), pages 599-616, July.
    2. Paula González, 2002. "Policy Implications Of Transferring Patients To Private Practice," Working Papers. Serie AD 2002-12, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas, S.A. (Ivie).

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    Keywords

    Private health care; public health care; health queues;
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    JEL classification:

    • I11 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Analysis of Health Care Markets
    • I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health

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