[afro-nets] Resource on Private health insurance

[A. Odutola <chpss_abo2@yahoo.com>]

Resource on Private health insurance
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The resource below should be of interest to public and private
stakeholders in the health insurance industry in Africa. Apolo-
gies for any cross posting.


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Private Health Insurance in OECD Countries: The benefits and
costs for individuals and health systems

By: Francesca Colombo and Nicole Tapay, OECD Health Working Pa-
per No. 15, 2004; Organisation for Economic Cooperation and De-
velopment, Paris

Available online as PDF file (61 pp. 1.09 MB) at:
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/34/56/33698043.pdf

"The paper assesses evidence on the effects of PHI in different
national contexts and draws conclusions about its strengths and
weaknesses. Private health insurance presents both opportunities
and risks for the attainment of health system performance goals.
For example, in countries where PHI plays a prominent role, it
can be credited with having injected resources into health sys-
tems, added to consumer choice, and helped make the systems more
responsive. However, it has also given rise to considerable eq-
uity challenges in many cases and has added to health care ex-
penditure (total, and in some cases, public) in most of those
same countries."


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A. Odutola
mailto:chpss_abo2@yahoo.com