Pita Barros, Pedro; Siciliani, Luigi - In: Handbook of health economics : volume 2, (pp. 927-1001). 2011
A major feature of the health sector is the existence of health insurance, either public or private. Often both coexist … in the same country. Public health insurance is often accompanied by public provision of health care. We consider two … main areas of public–private interface: in funding of health care expenditures and in provision of health care. Within each …