International Portability of Health-Cost Coverage

Social insurance and other arrangements for funding health-care benefits often establish long-term relationships, effectively providing insurance against lasting changes in an individual's health status, engaging in burden-smoothing over the life cycle, and entailing additional elements of redistribution. International portability regarding this type of cover is, therefore, difficult to establish, but at the same time rather important both for the individuals affected and for the health funds involved in any instance of an international change in work place or residence. In this paper, full portability of health-cost cover is taken to mean that mobile individuals can, at a minimum, find comparable continuation of coverage under a different system and that this does not impose external costs or benefits on other members of the systems in the source and destination countries. Both of these aspects needs to be addressed in a meaningful portability framework for health systems, as lacking or incomplete portability may not only lead to significant losses in coverage for an individual who considers becoming mobile which may impede mobility that is otherwise likely to be beneficial. It may also lead to financial losses, or windfall gains, for sources of health-cost funding which can ultimately lead to a detrimental process of risk segmentation across national health systems. Against this background, even the most advanced sets of existing portability rules, such as those agreed upon multilaterally at the EU-level or laid down in bilateral agreements on social protection, appear to be untargeted, inconsistent and therefore potentially harmful, either for migrants or for health funds operated at both ends of the migration process, and hence for other individuals who are covered there.

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Main Authors: Werding, Martin, McLennan, Stuart
Format: Working Paper biblioteca
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2011-07
Subjects:ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE, ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES, ACCOUNTABILITY ACT, ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS, ADVERSE SELECTION, AGE GROUPS, AGED, BASIC RIGHTS, BIOETHICS, COMPENSATION, COMPETENT AUTHORITIES, CONTRIBUTION RATES, COSTS OF HEALTH CARE, COSTS OF TREATMENT, ECONOMIC POLICY, ECONOMIES OF SCALE, EMPLOYMENT, ENTITLEMENT, EQUAL TREATMENT, EXTERNALITIES, FAMILIES, FINANCIAL SITUATION, FINANCIAL VIABILITY, FINANCING HEALTH CARE, FRAUD, FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES, GENETIC INFORMATION, HEALTH CARE, HEALTH CARE COSTS, HEALTH CARE REFORM, HEALTH COST, HEALTH COSTS, HEALTH COVERAGE, HEALTH EXPENDITURE, HEALTH INSURANCE, HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE, HEALTH INSURANCE FUNDS, HEALTH INSURANCE POLICIES, HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY, HEALTH INSURANCE SCHEME, HEALTH INSURANCE SCHEMES, HEALTH INSURANCE SYSTEM, HEALTH INSURERS, HEALTH PLAN, HEALTH PLANS, HEALTH SERVICES, HEALTH STATUS, HEALTH SYSTEMS, HEALTH-CARE, HEALTH-CARE FUNDING, HEALTH-CARE PROVIDERS, HEALTH-CARE SYSTEMS, HEALTHCARE, HOSPITALIZATION, IMMIGRANTS, INCOME, INFLATION, INSURANCE, INSURANCE ARRANGEMENTS, INSURANCE BENEFITS, INSURANCE COMPANIES, INSURANCE CONTRACTS, INSURANCE OPTIONS, INTEGRATION, INTERNATIONAL LAW, LAWS, LEGAL FRAMEWORK, LIFE EVENTS, LIFE EXPECTANCIES, LIFE EXPECTANCY, LIFE EXPECTANCY AT BIRTH, MARKET FORCES, MEDICAL CONDITIONS, MEDICAL ETHICS, MEDICAL EXPENDITURE, MEDICAL SERVICES, MEDICAL TREATMENT, MEDICARE, MEDICINES, MIGRANTS, MIGRATION, MORAL HAZARD, MORTALITY, NATIONAL HEALTH, OLDER PEOPLE, PATIENT, PATIENTS, POCKET PAYMENTS, POLITICAL DEBATES, PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE, PRIVATE HEALTH-INSURANCE, PRIVATE INSURANCE, PRIVATE SECTOR, PROBABILITY, PROGRAMS, PROTECTIONS, PROVISION OF HEALTH CARE, PUBLIC HEALTH, PUBLIC HEALTH CARE, PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE, PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE SCHEME, PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES, PUBLIC HEALTH-CARE, PUBLIC PROVISION, PUBLIC SCHEME, PUBLIC SCHEMES, SOCIAL INSURANCE, SOCIAL POLICY, SOCIAL SECURITY, SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS, SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEMS, SUSTAINABILITY, WORKERS, WORKPLACE,
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topic ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE
ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES
ACCOUNTABILITY ACT
ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS
ADVERSE SELECTION
AGE GROUPS
AGED
BASIC RIGHTS
BIOETHICS
COMPENSATION
COMPETENT AUTHORITIES
CONTRIBUTION RATES
COSTS OF HEALTH CARE
COSTS OF TREATMENT
ECONOMIC POLICY
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
EMPLOYMENT
ENTITLEMENT
EQUAL TREATMENT
EXTERNALITIES
FAMILIES
FINANCIAL SITUATION
FINANCIAL VIABILITY
FINANCING HEALTH CARE
FRAUD
FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES
GENETIC INFORMATION
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH CARE COSTS
HEALTH CARE REFORM
HEALTH COST
HEALTH COSTS
HEALTH COVERAGE
HEALTH EXPENDITURE
HEALTH INSURANCE
HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE
HEALTH INSURANCE FUNDS
HEALTH INSURANCE POLICIES
HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY
HEALTH INSURANCE SCHEME
HEALTH INSURANCE SCHEMES
HEALTH INSURANCE SYSTEM
HEALTH INSURERS
HEALTH PLAN
HEALTH PLANS
HEALTH SERVICES
HEALTH STATUS
HEALTH SYSTEMS
HEALTH-CARE
HEALTH-CARE FUNDING
HEALTH-CARE PROVIDERS
HEALTH-CARE SYSTEMS
HEALTHCARE
HOSPITALIZATION
IMMIGRANTS
INCOME
INFLATION
INSURANCE
INSURANCE ARRANGEMENTS
INSURANCE BENEFITS
INSURANCE COMPANIES
INSURANCE CONTRACTS
INSURANCE OPTIONS
INTEGRATION
INTERNATIONAL LAW
LAWS
LEGAL FRAMEWORK
LIFE EVENTS
LIFE EXPECTANCIES
LIFE EXPECTANCY
LIFE EXPECTANCY AT BIRTH
MARKET FORCES
MEDICAL CONDITIONS
MEDICAL ETHICS
MEDICAL EXPENDITURE
MEDICAL SERVICES
MEDICAL TREATMENT
MEDICARE
MEDICINES
MIGRANTS
MIGRATION
MORAL HAZARD
MORTALITY
NATIONAL HEALTH
OLDER PEOPLE
PATIENT
PATIENTS
POCKET PAYMENTS
POLITICAL DEBATES
PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE
PRIVATE HEALTH-INSURANCE
PRIVATE INSURANCE
PRIVATE SECTOR
PROBABILITY
PROGRAMS
PROTECTIONS
PROVISION OF HEALTH CARE
PUBLIC HEALTH
PUBLIC HEALTH CARE
PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE
PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE SCHEME
PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES
PUBLIC HEALTH-CARE
PUBLIC PROVISION
PUBLIC SCHEME
PUBLIC SCHEMES
SOCIAL INSURANCE
SOCIAL POLICY
SOCIAL SECURITY
SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS
SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEMS
SUSTAINABILITY
WORKERS
WORKPLACE
ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE
ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES
ACCOUNTABILITY ACT
ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS
ADVERSE SELECTION
AGE GROUPS
AGED
BASIC RIGHTS
BIOETHICS
COMPENSATION
COMPETENT AUTHORITIES
CONTRIBUTION RATES
COSTS OF HEALTH CARE
COSTS OF TREATMENT
ECONOMIC POLICY
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
EMPLOYMENT
ENTITLEMENT
EQUAL TREATMENT
EXTERNALITIES
FAMILIES
FINANCIAL SITUATION
FINANCIAL VIABILITY
FINANCING HEALTH CARE
FRAUD
FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES
GENETIC INFORMATION
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH CARE COSTS
HEALTH CARE REFORM
HEALTH COST
HEALTH COSTS
HEALTH COVERAGE
HEALTH EXPENDITURE
HEALTH INSURANCE
HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE
HEALTH INSURANCE FUNDS
HEALTH INSURANCE POLICIES
HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY
HEALTH INSURANCE SCHEME
HEALTH INSURANCE SCHEMES
HEALTH INSURANCE SYSTEM
HEALTH INSURERS
HEALTH PLAN
HEALTH PLANS
HEALTH SERVICES
HEALTH STATUS
HEALTH SYSTEMS
HEALTH-CARE
HEALTH-CARE FUNDING
HEALTH-CARE PROVIDERS
HEALTH-CARE SYSTEMS
HEALTHCARE
HOSPITALIZATION
IMMIGRANTS
INCOME
INFLATION
INSURANCE
INSURANCE ARRANGEMENTS
INSURANCE BENEFITS
INSURANCE COMPANIES
INSURANCE CONTRACTS
INSURANCE OPTIONS
INTEGRATION
INTERNATIONAL LAW
LAWS
LEGAL FRAMEWORK
LIFE EVENTS
LIFE EXPECTANCIES
LIFE EXPECTANCY
LIFE EXPECTANCY AT BIRTH
MARKET FORCES
MEDICAL CONDITIONS
MEDICAL ETHICS
MEDICAL EXPENDITURE
MEDICAL SERVICES
MEDICAL TREATMENT
MEDICARE
MEDICINES
MIGRANTS
MIGRATION
MORAL HAZARD
MORTALITY
NATIONAL HEALTH
OLDER PEOPLE
PATIENT
PATIENTS
POCKET PAYMENTS
POLITICAL DEBATES
PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE
PRIVATE HEALTH-INSURANCE
PRIVATE INSURANCE
PRIVATE SECTOR
PROBABILITY
PROGRAMS
PROTECTIONS
PROVISION OF HEALTH CARE
PUBLIC HEALTH
PUBLIC HEALTH CARE
PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE
PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE SCHEME
PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES
PUBLIC HEALTH-CARE
PUBLIC PROVISION
PUBLIC SCHEME
PUBLIC SCHEMES
SOCIAL INSURANCE
SOCIAL POLICY
SOCIAL SECURITY
SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS
SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEMS
SUSTAINABILITY
WORKERS
WORKPLACE
spellingShingle ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE
ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES
ACCOUNTABILITY ACT
ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS
ADVERSE SELECTION
AGE GROUPS
AGED
BASIC RIGHTS
BIOETHICS
COMPENSATION
COMPETENT AUTHORITIES
CONTRIBUTION RATES
COSTS OF HEALTH CARE
COSTS OF TREATMENT
ECONOMIC POLICY
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
EMPLOYMENT
ENTITLEMENT
EQUAL TREATMENT
EXTERNALITIES
FAMILIES
FINANCIAL SITUATION
FINANCIAL VIABILITY
FINANCING HEALTH CARE
FRAUD
FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES
GENETIC INFORMATION
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH CARE COSTS
HEALTH CARE REFORM
HEALTH COST
HEALTH COSTS
HEALTH COVERAGE
HEALTH EXPENDITURE
HEALTH INSURANCE
HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE
HEALTH INSURANCE FUNDS
HEALTH INSURANCE POLICIES
HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY
HEALTH INSURANCE SCHEME
HEALTH INSURANCE SCHEMES
HEALTH INSURANCE SYSTEM
HEALTH INSURERS
HEALTH PLAN
HEALTH PLANS
HEALTH SERVICES
HEALTH STATUS
HEALTH SYSTEMS
HEALTH-CARE
HEALTH-CARE FUNDING
HEALTH-CARE PROVIDERS
HEALTH-CARE SYSTEMS
HEALTHCARE
HOSPITALIZATION
IMMIGRANTS
INCOME
INFLATION
INSURANCE
INSURANCE ARRANGEMENTS
INSURANCE BENEFITS
INSURANCE COMPANIES
INSURANCE CONTRACTS
INSURANCE OPTIONS
INTEGRATION
INTERNATIONAL LAW
LAWS
LEGAL FRAMEWORK
LIFE EVENTS
LIFE EXPECTANCIES
LIFE EXPECTANCY
LIFE EXPECTANCY AT BIRTH
MARKET FORCES
MEDICAL CONDITIONS
MEDICAL ETHICS
MEDICAL EXPENDITURE
MEDICAL SERVICES
MEDICAL TREATMENT
MEDICARE
MEDICINES
MIGRANTS
MIGRATION
MORAL HAZARD
MORTALITY
NATIONAL HEALTH
OLDER PEOPLE
PATIENT
PATIENTS
POCKET PAYMENTS
POLITICAL DEBATES
PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE
PRIVATE HEALTH-INSURANCE
PRIVATE INSURANCE
PRIVATE SECTOR
PROBABILITY
PROGRAMS
PROTECTIONS
PROVISION OF HEALTH CARE
PUBLIC HEALTH
PUBLIC HEALTH CARE
PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE
PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE SCHEME
PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES
PUBLIC HEALTH-CARE
PUBLIC PROVISION
PUBLIC SCHEME
PUBLIC SCHEMES
SOCIAL INSURANCE
SOCIAL POLICY
SOCIAL SECURITY
SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS
SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEMS
SUSTAINABILITY
WORKERS
WORKPLACE
ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE
ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES
ACCOUNTABILITY ACT
ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS
ADVERSE SELECTION
AGE GROUPS
AGED
BASIC RIGHTS
BIOETHICS
COMPENSATION
COMPETENT AUTHORITIES
CONTRIBUTION RATES
COSTS OF HEALTH CARE
COSTS OF TREATMENT
ECONOMIC POLICY
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
EMPLOYMENT
ENTITLEMENT
EQUAL TREATMENT
EXTERNALITIES
FAMILIES
FINANCIAL SITUATION
FINANCIAL VIABILITY
FINANCING HEALTH CARE
FRAUD
FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES
GENETIC INFORMATION
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH CARE COSTS
HEALTH CARE REFORM
HEALTH COST
HEALTH COSTS
HEALTH COVERAGE
HEALTH EXPENDITURE
HEALTH INSURANCE
HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE
HEALTH INSURANCE FUNDS
HEALTH INSURANCE POLICIES
HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY
HEALTH INSURANCE SCHEME
HEALTH INSURANCE SCHEMES
HEALTH INSURANCE SYSTEM
HEALTH INSURERS
HEALTH PLAN
HEALTH PLANS
HEALTH SERVICES
HEALTH STATUS
HEALTH SYSTEMS
HEALTH-CARE
HEALTH-CARE FUNDING
HEALTH-CARE PROVIDERS
HEALTH-CARE SYSTEMS
HEALTHCARE
HOSPITALIZATION
IMMIGRANTS
INCOME
INFLATION
INSURANCE
INSURANCE ARRANGEMENTS
INSURANCE BENEFITS
INSURANCE COMPANIES
INSURANCE CONTRACTS
INSURANCE OPTIONS
INTEGRATION
INTERNATIONAL LAW
LAWS
LEGAL FRAMEWORK
LIFE EVENTS
LIFE EXPECTANCIES
LIFE EXPECTANCY
LIFE EXPECTANCY AT BIRTH
MARKET FORCES
MEDICAL CONDITIONS
MEDICAL ETHICS
MEDICAL EXPENDITURE
MEDICAL SERVICES
MEDICAL TREATMENT
MEDICARE
MEDICINES
MIGRANTS
MIGRATION
MORAL HAZARD
MORTALITY
NATIONAL HEALTH
OLDER PEOPLE
PATIENT
PATIENTS
POCKET PAYMENTS
POLITICAL DEBATES
PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE
PRIVATE HEALTH-INSURANCE
PRIVATE INSURANCE
PRIVATE SECTOR
PROBABILITY
PROGRAMS
PROTECTIONS
PROVISION OF HEALTH CARE
PUBLIC HEALTH
PUBLIC HEALTH CARE
PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE
PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE SCHEME
PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES
PUBLIC HEALTH-CARE
PUBLIC PROVISION
PUBLIC SCHEME
PUBLIC SCHEMES
SOCIAL INSURANCE
SOCIAL POLICY
SOCIAL SECURITY
SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS
SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEMS
SUSTAINABILITY
WORKERS
WORKPLACE
Werding, Martin
McLennan, Stuart
International Portability of Health-Cost Coverage
description Social insurance and other arrangements for funding health-care benefits often establish long-term relationships, effectively providing insurance against lasting changes in an individual's health status, engaging in burden-smoothing over the life cycle, and entailing additional elements of redistribution. International portability regarding this type of cover is, therefore, difficult to establish, but at the same time rather important both for the individuals affected and for the health funds involved in any instance of an international change in work place or residence. In this paper, full portability of health-cost cover is taken to mean that mobile individuals can, at a minimum, find comparable continuation of coverage under a different system and that this does not impose external costs or benefits on other members of the systems in the source and destination countries. Both of these aspects needs to be addressed in a meaningful portability framework for health systems, as lacking or incomplete portability may not only lead to significant losses in coverage for an individual who considers becoming mobile which may impede mobility that is otherwise likely to be beneficial. It may also lead to financial losses, or windfall gains, for sources of health-cost funding which can ultimately lead to a detrimental process of risk segmentation across national health systems. Against this background, even the most advanced sets of existing portability rules, such as those agreed upon multilaterally at the EU-level or laid down in bilateral agreements on social protection, appear to be untargeted, inconsistent and therefore potentially harmful, either for migrants or for health funds operated at both ends of the migration process, and hence for other individuals who are covered there.
format Working Paper
topic_facet ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE
ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES
ACCOUNTABILITY ACT
ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS
ADVERSE SELECTION
AGE GROUPS
AGED
BASIC RIGHTS
BIOETHICS
COMPENSATION
COMPETENT AUTHORITIES
CONTRIBUTION RATES
COSTS OF HEALTH CARE
COSTS OF TREATMENT
ECONOMIC POLICY
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
EMPLOYMENT
ENTITLEMENT
EQUAL TREATMENT
EXTERNALITIES
FAMILIES
FINANCIAL SITUATION
FINANCIAL VIABILITY
FINANCING HEALTH CARE
FRAUD
FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES
GENETIC INFORMATION
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH CARE COSTS
HEALTH CARE REFORM
HEALTH COST
HEALTH COSTS
HEALTH COVERAGE
HEALTH EXPENDITURE
HEALTH INSURANCE
HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE
HEALTH INSURANCE FUNDS
HEALTH INSURANCE POLICIES
HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY
HEALTH INSURANCE SCHEME
HEALTH INSURANCE SCHEMES
HEALTH INSURANCE SYSTEM
HEALTH INSURERS
HEALTH PLAN
HEALTH PLANS
HEALTH SERVICES
HEALTH STATUS
HEALTH SYSTEMS
HEALTH-CARE
HEALTH-CARE FUNDING
HEALTH-CARE PROVIDERS
HEALTH-CARE SYSTEMS
HEALTHCARE
HOSPITALIZATION
IMMIGRANTS
INCOME
INFLATION
INSURANCE
INSURANCE ARRANGEMENTS
INSURANCE BENEFITS
INSURANCE COMPANIES
INSURANCE CONTRACTS
INSURANCE OPTIONS
INTEGRATION
INTERNATIONAL LAW
LAWS
LEGAL FRAMEWORK
LIFE EVENTS
LIFE EXPECTANCIES
LIFE EXPECTANCY
LIFE EXPECTANCY AT BIRTH
MARKET FORCES
MEDICAL CONDITIONS
MEDICAL ETHICS
MEDICAL EXPENDITURE
MEDICAL SERVICES
MEDICAL TREATMENT
MEDICARE
MEDICINES
MIGRANTS
MIGRATION
MORAL HAZARD
MORTALITY
NATIONAL HEALTH
OLDER PEOPLE
PATIENT
PATIENTS
POCKET PAYMENTS
POLITICAL DEBATES
PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE
PRIVATE HEALTH-INSURANCE
PRIVATE INSURANCE
PRIVATE SECTOR
PROBABILITY
PROGRAMS
PROTECTIONS
PROVISION OF HEALTH CARE
PUBLIC HEALTH
PUBLIC HEALTH CARE
PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE
PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE SCHEME
PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES
PUBLIC HEALTH-CARE
PUBLIC PROVISION
PUBLIC SCHEME
PUBLIC SCHEMES
SOCIAL INSURANCE
SOCIAL POLICY
SOCIAL SECURITY
SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS
SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEMS
SUSTAINABILITY
WORKERS
WORKPLACE
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spelling dig-okr-10986273412024-08-08T15:36:14Z International Portability of Health-Cost Coverage Concepts and Experience Werding, Martin McLennan, Stuart ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES ACCOUNTABILITY ACT ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS ADVERSE SELECTION AGE GROUPS AGED BASIC RIGHTS BIOETHICS COMPENSATION COMPETENT AUTHORITIES CONTRIBUTION RATES COSTS OF HEALTH CARE COSTS OF TREATMENT ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMIES OF SCALE EMPLOYMENT ENTITLEMENT EQUAL TREATMENT EXTERNALITIES FAMILIES FINANCIAL SITUATION FINANCIAL VIABILITY FINANCING HEALTH CARE FRAUD FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES GENETIC INFORMATION HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE COSTS HEALTH CARE REFORM HEALTH COST HEALTH COSTS HEALTH COVERAGE HEALTH EXPENDITURE HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE HEALTH INSURANCE FUNDS HEALTH INSURANCE POLICIES HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY HEALTH INSURANCE SCHEME HEALTH INSURANCE SCHEMES HEALTH INSURANCE SYSTEM HEALTH INSURERS HEALTH PLAN HEALTH PLANS HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH STATUS HEALTH SYSTEMS HEALTH-CARE HEALTH-CARE FUNDING HEALTH-CARE PROVIDERS HEALTH-CARE SYSTEMS HEALTHCARE HOSPITALIZATION IMMIGRANTS INCOME INFLATION INSURANCE INSURANCE ARRANGEMENTS INSURANCE BENEFITS INSURANCE COMPANIES INSURANCE CONTRACTS INSURANCE OPTIONS INTEGRATION INTERNATIONAL LAW LAWS LEGAL FRAMEWORK LIFE EVENTS LIFE EXPECTANCIES LIFE EXPECTANCY LIFE EXPECTANCY AT BIRTH MARKET FORCES MEDICAL CONDITIONS MEDICAL ETHICS MEDICAL EXPENDITURE MEDICAL SERVICES MEDICAL TREATMENT MEDICARE MEDICINES MIGRANTS MIGRATION MORAL HAZARD MORTALITY NATIONAL HEALTH OLDER PEOPLE PATIENT PATIENTS POCKET PAYMENTS POLITICAL DEBATES PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE PRIVATE HEALTH-INSURANCE PRIVATE INSURANCE PRIVATE SECTOR PROBABILITY PROGRAMS PROTECTIONS PROVISION OF HEALTH CARE PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH CARE PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE SCHEME PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES PUBLIC HEALTH-CARE PUBLIC PROVISION PUBLIC SCHEME PUBLIC SCHEMES SOCIAL INSURANCE SOCIAL POLICY SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEMS SUSTAINABILITY WORKERS WORKPLACE Social insurance and other arrangements for funding health-care benefits often establish long-term relationships, effectively providing insurance against lasting changes in an individual's health status, engaging in burden-smoothing over the life cycle, and entailing additional elements of redistribution. International portability regarding this type of cover is, therefore, difficult to establish, but at the same time rather important both for the individuals affected and for the health funds involved in any instance of an international change in work place or residence. In this paper, full portability of health-cost cover is taken to mean that mobile individuals can, at a minimum, find comparable continuation of coverage under a different system and that this does not impose external costs or benefits on other members of the systems in the source and destination countries. Both of these aspects needs to be addressed in a meaningful portability framework for health systems, as lacking or incomplete portability may not only lead to significant losses in coverage for an individual who considers becoming mobile which may impede mobility that is otherwise likely to be beneficial. It may also lead to financial losses, or windfall gains, for sources of health-cost funding which can ultimately lead to a detrimental process of risk segmentation across national health systems. Against this background, even the most advanced sets of existing portability rules, such as those agreed upon multilaterally at the EU-level or laid down in bilateral agreements on social protection, appear to be untargeted, inconsistent and therefore potentially harmful, either for migrants or for health funds operated at both ends of the migration process, and hence for other individuals who are covered there. 2017-06-27T16:28:02Z 2017-06-27T16:28:02Z 2011-07 Working Paper Document de travail Documento de trabajo http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/144321468177841767/International-portability-of-health-cost-coverage-concepts-and-experience https://hdl.handle.net/10986/27341 English en_US SP Discussion Paper;No. 1115 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank application/pdf text/plain World Bank, Washington, DC