Local inequality and departures from publicly provided health care in Canada
| Autor: | Mark Stabile, Maripier Isabelle |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Canada
Inequality media_common.quotation_subject Context (language use) 03 medical and health sciences Economic inequality Physicians 0502 economics and business Health care Economics Humans 050207 economics Health care financing media_common business.industry 030503 health policy & services Health Policy 05 social sciences Socioeconomic Factors Income level Income Demographic economics Market player 0305 other medical science business Delivery of Health Care |
| Zdroj: | Health economicsREFERENCES. 29(9) |
| ISSN: | 1099-1050 |
| Popis: | This paper examines the relationship between changes in income inequality and the provision of resources in a health care system (the public-private mix). Specifically, we investigate whether increases in income inequality, as separate from overall income levels and growth, have changed the availability of both private clinics and privately financed physicians in a context where the dominant market player is the public system. Our findings provide reasonable evidence that increases in income inequality have led to substantial increases in both. We find that moving from median level of inequality across neighborhoods to the top 1% level of inequality increases the probably of a private clinic by 40% and the probability of having physicians who have opted out of the public system by 170%. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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