Foubister, Thomas, Thomson, Sarah, Mossialos, Elias 
ORCID: 0000-0001-8664-9297 and McGuire, Alistair ORCID: 0000-0002-5367-9841
(2006)
Private medical insurance in the United Kingdom.
World Health Organization, Copenhagen, Denmark.
ISBN 9289022884
Abstract
In comparative studies of health care, the United Kingdom’s health care system continues to be categorized as public (in terms of both financing and provision). Nevertheless, over 11% of the United Kingdom population has private medical insurance, which is an important contributor to the country’s health economy (the market being worth almost £3 billion a year). This study provides an introductory overview of an often-ignored and significantly under-researched area. The study is structured according to the three key dimensions of the market for private medical insurance: the product, demand and supply. It also includes a short appendix on the market for health cash plans – an alternative form of private cover for medical expenses with relatively broad take-up. The introduction provides a classification of forms of voluntary health insurance and places private medical insurance within the wider United Kingdom health care system.
| Item Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| Additional Information: | © 2006 World Health Organization, on behalf of the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies |
| Divisions: | Social Policy LSE Health |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > R Medicine (General) H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Jul 2008 08:33 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Nov 2024 05:01 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/19429 |
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