Equity in the finance of health care: some further international comparisons.
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.
Wagstaff
A
A
School of Social Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK. a.wagstaff@sussex.ac.uk
van Doorslaer
E
E
van der Burg
H
H
Calonge
S
S
Christiansen
T
T
Citoni
G
G
Gerdtham
U G
UG
Gerfin
M
M
Gross
L
L
Häkinnen
U
U
Johnson
P
P
John
J
J
Klavus
J
J
Lachaud
C
C
Lauritsen
J
J
Leu
R
R
Nolan
B
B
Perán
E
E
Pereira
J
J
Propper
C
C
Puffer
F
F
Rochaix
L
L
Rodríguez
M
M
Schellhorn
M
M
Winkelhake
O
O
D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005060:Europe; D005387:Finland; D005858:Germany; D006291:Health Policy / Q000191:economics*; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D007348:Insurance, Health / Q000191:economics; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000191:economics*; D012935:Social Justice; D013548:Sweden; D013660:Taxes / Q000145:classification* / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data