A global overview of health insurance administrative costs: what are the reasons for variations found?

Administrative costs are an important spending category in total health insurance expenditure. Yet, they have rarely been a topic outside the US and there is no cross-country comparison available. This paper provides a global overview and analysis of administrative costs for social security schemes (SSS) and private health insurance schemes (PHI).

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Year of publication:	2011
Authors:	Mathauer, Inke ; Nicolle, Emmanuelle
Published in:	Health Policy. - Elsevier, ISSN 0168-8510. - Vol. 102.2011, 2, p. 235-246
Publisher:	Elsevier
Subject:	Health insurance \| Administrative costs \| Administrative efficiency

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Type of publication:	Article
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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