Essays about: "private health insurance"
Found 5 essays containing the words private health insurance.
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1. In Pursuit of Promptness: Assessing the Link between HealthcareWaiting Time and Demand forVoluntary Health Insurance in Sweden
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : The demand for voluntary health insurance (VHI) in Sweden is growing, yet there is little evidence of what drives the growth. Research in other countries with universal healthcare indicates that waiting times in the healthcare system are the main driver for the increased demand. READ MORE
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2. Demanding Supply: Mixed Healthcare Financing in Australia
University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionenAbstract : This paper will analyse the financial relationship between private and public health insurance in Australia. Private health insurance in Australia is both highly regulated and subsidised with the argument often being it provides support for the universal public system. READ MORE
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3. Choosing between public and private healthcare: A case study of outpatient care in rural India
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomiAbstract : The investment in building a public healthcare infrastructure to offer free-of-charge services to the poor has not paid off as citizens from rural India have chosen to seek treatment at more expensive private facilities even when that meant taking a debt. Out-of-pocket healthcare expenses forms a significant portion of the annual income of the rural poor in India pushing them further in the throes of poverty. READ MORE
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4. The Human Right to Health - A Study of HIV/AIDS in Vietnam
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : Although infectious diseases kill around 17 million people a year, some states spend less then one percent of their budget on health. The promotion and protection of health is a fundamental condition for well being and the possibility to leave a life in dignity. The world has now for 20 years been facing an extremely dangerous epidemic. READ MORE
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5. The right to health and right to intellectual property in the EU. Analysis of the internal and external policies.
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : It is very common nowadays to speak of an ''information society'' in which control of information or information based knowledge has replaced control over matter as an ultimate source of economic power. The intellectual creations protected through patents, trade marks, copyrights etc constitute often a huge part of the companies' intangible assets. READ MORE
