Introducing voluntary private health insurance in a mixed medical economy: are Hong Kong citizens willing to subscribe?

Introducing voluntary private health insurance in a mixed medical economy: are Hong Kong citizens willing to subscribe?

Abstract Background Struggling to correct the public-private imbalance in its health care system, the Hong Kong SAR Government seeks to introduce a government-regulated voluntary health insurance scheme, or VHIS, a distinctive financing instrument that combines the characteristics of private insuran...

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Main Author: Alex Jingwei He
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-08-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
Subjects:
Voluntary health insurance
Health financing
Health policy
Hong Kong
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12913-017-2559-7

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