Going private : why people pay for their health care /
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| Author / Creator: | Calnan, Michael. |
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| Imprint: | Buckingham ; Philadelphia : Open University Press, 1993. |
| Description: | x, 113 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | State of health series |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1469820 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction. Developments in the private health-care sector since 1948. Explanations for the expansion of the private health-care market. Introducing the study
- 2. A typical private health insurance subscriber. The subscribers. The typical subscriber?
- 3. Principle and practice. Individual subscribers. Company subscribers. Non-subscribers. Opting out of the NHS?
- 4. The use of private health insurance. Patterns of use. Lay decision-making and use
- 5. Private health insurance as a consumption good. A new social cleavage? Establishing the patient as 'customer'. Designation as a consumption good. 6. Conclusion. Sociological implications. Policy implications.