Age segmentation in the Chilean health system

Author	dc.contributor.author	Tokman Ramos, Marcelo
Admission date	dc.date.accessioned	2011-01-06T18:09:10Z
Available date	dc.date.available	2011-01-06T18:09:10Z
Publication date	dc.date.issued	2000-06
Cita de ítem	dc.identifier.citation	Estudios de economía. Vol.27 No. 1 Junio 2000 Pags. 5-32	en_US
Identifier	dc.identifier.uri	https://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/127863
Abstract	dc.description.abstract	A formal model of the Chilean dual health system is presented, which, for appropriate parameters, replicates the observed age segmentation of the population between the private insurance market and the public health insurance. The model is used to compare the level of welfare obtained in the current mixed system with the levels of welfare that could be obtained in alternative “pure” systems, either only private or only public. It is also used to determine how the result of this comparison is affected by intergenerational distribution of income. Finally, the model is used to show that the creation of a mandatory individual savings account to finance the elderly’s health insurance could improve the performance of the Chilean health sector by reducing intergenerational inequality.	en_US
Lenguage	dc.language.iso	en	en_US
Publisher	dc.publisher	Universidad de Chile. Facultad de Economía y Negocios	en_US
Keywords	dc.subject	Health	en_US
Título	dc.title	Age segmentation in the Chilean health system	en_US
Document type	dc.type	Artículo de revista