Income Distribution and the Public-Private Mix in Health Care Provision: The Latin American Case
Recent literature on Latin American countries shows that private expenses as a share of the total expenditures in health tend to be higher the lower the nation's level of economic development. This paper considers a discrete choice model of product differentiation, where consumer choice is based on a price-quality tradeoff. Physicians are involved in a dual-job holding structure, working as agents in the official sector while they maximize profits in a fragmented private sector.
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| Format: | Working Papers biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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Inter-American Development Bank
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| Subjects: | Sanitation Service, Health Policy, Health Care Service, Public Private Partnership, public sector;low price;public quality;WP-391;private sector, |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0010942 https://publications.iadb.org/en/income-distribution-and-public-private-mix-health-care-provision-latin-american-case |
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