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HEALTH ECONOMICS
卷 18, 期 1, 页码 37-54出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1342
关键词
health financing; health care utilisation; progressivity; net redistribution; equity
资金
- Central Policy Unit of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
- the Research Grants Council Of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China [HKU 7011-PPR20051]
- European Commission INCO-DEV programme [ICA4-CT-2001-10015]
We examine the distributional characteristics of Hong Kong's mixed public-private health system to identify the net redistribution achieved through public spending on health care, compare the income-related inequality and inequity of public and private care and measure horizontal inequity in health-care delivery overall. Payments for public care are highly concentrated on the better-off whereas benefits are pro-poor. As a consequence, public health care effects significant net redistribution from the rich to the poor. Public care is skewed towards the poor in part not only because Of allocation according to need but also because the rich opt out of the public sector and consume most of the private care. Overall, there is horizontal inequity favouring the rich in general outpatient care and (very marginally) inpatient care. Pro-rich bias in the distribution of private Care outweights the pro-poor bias of public care. A lesser role for private finance may improve horizontal equity of utilisation but Would also reduce the degree of net redistribution through the public sector. Copyright (c) 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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