Cover Image

Does Health Insurance Impede Trade in Health Care Services?

There is limited trade in health services despite big differences in the price of health care across countries. Whether patients travel abroad for health care depends on the coverage of treatments by their health insurance plan. Under existing health insurance contracts, the gains from trade are not...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Mattoo, Aaditya, Rathindran, Randeep
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
AGING
ALCOHOL
ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE
ANESTHESIA
BENEFICIARIES
CAPITATION
CERTIFICATION
CHECK UPS
CLAIMS PROCESSING
CLINICS
COINSURANCE
COMMUNITY HOSPITALS
CONSUMERS
COST OF TREATMENT
COVERAGE
DENTISTRY
DISABLED PEOPLE
DOCTORS
EMPLOYMENT
EQUILIBRIUM
EXCESSIVE CONSUMPTION
EXPENDITURES
FAMILIES
GLAUCOMA
GYNECOLOGY
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH CARE COSTS
HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS
HEALTH CARE SERVICES
HEALTH INSURANCE
HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE
HEALTH PLANS
HEALTH REFORM
HEALTH SERVICES
HMO
HMOS
HOSPITAL COSTS
HOSPITAL SERVICES
HOSPITALIZATION
HOSPITALS
HYPERTENSION
INJURIES
INSURANCE
INSURANCE CONTRACTS
INSURANCE COVERAGE
INSURANCE INDUSTRY
INSURANCE PREMIUMS
INSURANCE PRODUCTS
INSURANCE SYSTEM
INSURERS
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
LAWS
MANAGED CARE
MANAGED CARE PLANS
MARGINAL COST
MEDICAID
MEDICAL CARE
MEDICAL CENTERS
MEDICAL EXPENSES
MEDICAL FACILITIES
MEDICAL INSURANCE
MEDICAL SERVICES
MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY
MEDICAL TREATMENT
MEDICARE
MORAL HAZARD
MORTALITY
NURSES
PATIENTS
PHYSICIANS
POLICY RESEARCH
PRESCRIPTION DRUGS
PRIMARY CARE
PRIVATE INSURANCE
PROBABILITY
PROGRAMS
PUBLIC HEALTH
QUALITY CONTROL
QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE
RATES
REHABILITATION
SAVINGS
SCHOOLS
SURGERY
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/07/6075033/health-insurance-impede-trade-health-care-services
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8199

Similar Items