Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/198579 
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Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
UCD Centre for Economic Research Working Paper Series No. WP19/03
Publisher: 
University College Dublin, UCD School of Economics, Dublin
Abstract: 
This study examines the determinants of demand for private health insurance in Ireland. Survey data commissioned by the Health Insurance Authority from 2009 to 2017 are used to estimate multivariate models of health insurance demand. The results show that older and sicker individuals are more likely to have private health insurance. Irish-born are found to be more likely to have private health insurance. Preferences for health insurance also play an important role in predicting the purchase of health insurance. After controlling for the role of socioeconomic factors and individual preferences, annual variations in the economy are not found to affect private health insurance coverage.
Subjects: 
Health Insurance
Ireland
JEL: 
I13
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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