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dc.contributor.authorWerding, Martinen
dc.contributor.authorMcLennan, Stuarten
dc.date.accessioned2012-10-18-
dc.date.accessioned2012-10-19T15:42:46Z-
dc.date.available2012-10-19T15:42:46Z-
dc.date.issued2012-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/65393-
dc.description.abstractPublic health insurance and other arrangements covering health-costs effectively provide insurance against changes in health status. These arrangements engage in burden-smoothing over the life cycle and entail various elements of redistribution. Lack of portability regarding this type of cover may impede international mobility and create financial losses or windfall gains on various sides, which can lead to risk segmentation across national health systems. Existing portability rules do not fully address these problems. In this paper, we try to clarify the implications of mobility for typical systems covering health costs and the requirements which have to be met to ensure full portability. When individuals are internationally mobile, compensating payments are needed based on changes in expected net costs in both of the health funds involved. Illustrative simulations show that this approach may be operative under real-world conditions.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aCenter for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo) |cMunichen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aCESifo Working Paper |x3952en
dc.subject.jelF22en
dc.subject.jelF55en
dc.subject.jelH51en
dc.subject.jelH73en
dc.subject.jelJ60en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordsocial insuranceen
dc.subject.keywordhealth costsen
dc.subject.keywordmigrationen
dc.subject.keywordinternational portabilityen
dc.subject.keywordfiscal externalitiesen
dc.subject.keywordrisk segmentationen
dc.subject.stwGesetzliche Krankenversicherungen
dc.subject.stwInternationale Wanderungen
dc.subject.stwEinkommensumverteilungen
dc.subject.stwExterner Effekten
dc.subject.stwTheorieen
dc.titleInternational portability of health-cost cover: Mobility, insurance, and redistribution-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn727863266en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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