Health care quality, economic inequality, and precautionary saving.
Health Econ
; 16(4): 327-46, 2007 Apr.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-17009387
ABSTRACT
We argue that health care quality has an important impact on economic inequality and on saving behavior. We exploit district-wide variability in health care quality provided by the Italian universal public health system to identify the effect of quality on income inequality, health inequality and precautionary saving. We find that in lower quality districts there is greater income and health dispersion and higher precautionary saving. The analysis carries important insights for the ongoing debate about the validity of the life-cycle model and interesting policy implications for the design of health care systems.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Qualidade da Assistência à Saúde
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Classe Social
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Valor da Vida
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Financiamento Pessoal
Tipo de estudo:
Health_economic_evaluation
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Prognostic_studies
Aspecto:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
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Equity_inequality
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Patient_preference
Limite:
Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Health Econ
Assunto da revista:
SERVICOS DE SAUDE
Ano de publicação:
2007
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Itália