How Does the Introduction of Health Insurance Change the Equity of Health Care Provision in Bulgaria?

December 1, 2006

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Nora K Markova. How Does the Introduction of Health Insurance Change the Equity of Health Care Provision in Bulgaria?, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2006) accessed November 12, 2024

Disclaimer: This Working Paper should not be reported as representing the views of the IMF.The views expressed in this Working Paper are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent those of the IMF or IMF policy. Working Papers describe research in progress by the author(s) and are published to elicit comments and to further debate

Summary

The study examines the effect of health care reform in Bulgaria in 1999 on the equity of health care financing. It explores the distribution of different types of health care financing by income. Furthermore, it separates the financial and social reasons for these differences, dividing them into economic and social inequalities. It suggests a method of distinguishing between financially based and "exclusion based" reasons for having progressive/regressive health care financing. Moreover, it looks at the social factors that shape health expenditure patterns and identifies those social characteristics that lead to exclusion from the health care system.

Subject: Health care, Health care spending, Income distribution, Income inequality, Personal income

Keywords: Cost of living, Gini coefficient, WP

Publication Details

Pages:

39
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Series:

Working Paper No. 2006/285
Stock No:

WPIEA2006285
ISBN:

9781451865455
ISSN:

1018-5941

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