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008 090508s2009 dcu sb i000 0 eng
010 $a 2009655608
040 $aDLC$cDLC
050 00 $aHG3881.5.W57
100 1 $aWagstaff, Adam.
245 10 $aSocial health insurance vs. tax-financed health systems$h[electronic resource] :$bevidence from the OECD /$cAdam Wagstaff.
260 $a[Washington, D.C. :$bWorld Bank,$c2009]
490 1 $aPolicy research working paper ;$v4821
538 $aSystem requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.
538 $aMode of access: World Wide Web.
500 $aTitle from PDF file as viewed on 5/8/2009.
530 $aAlso available in print.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
520 3 $a"This paper exploits the transitions between tax-financed health care and social health insurance in the OECD countries over the period 1960-2006 to assess the effects of adopting social health insurance over tax finance on per capita health spending, amenable mortality, and labor market outcomes. The paper uses regression-based generalizations of difference-in-differences and instrumental variables to address the possible endogeneity of a country's health system. It finds that adopting social health insurance in preference to tax financing increases per capita health spending by 3-4 percent, reduces the formal sector share of employment by 8-10 percent, and reduces total employment by as much as 6 percent. For the most part, social health insurance adoption has no significant impact on amenable mortality, but for one cause-breast cancer among women-social health insurance systems perform significantly worse, with 5-6 percent more potential years of life lost. "--World Bank web site.
650 0 $aHealth insurance$zOECD countries.
710 2 $aWorld Bank.
830 0 $aPolicy research working papers (Online) ;$v4821.
856 40 $uhttp://econ.worldbank.org/external/default/main?pagePK=64165259&theSitePK=469372&piPK=64165421&menuPK=64166093&entityID=000158349_20090121101737