Chile - Health Insurance Issues : Old Age and Catastrophic Health Costs
The study offers an analytic approach to fundamental questions concerning the effect of the aging population on the Chilean health system, and, to the prospects for, and the extent of financing health care for the elderly, as presumably catastrophi...
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okr-10986-149822021-04-23T14:03:16Z Chile - Health Insurance Issues : Old Age and Catastrophic Health Costs World Bank AGE DISTRIBUTION AGE GROUPS AGED AGING AGING POPULATION BENEFICIARIES COVERAGE DEMOGRAPHIC DATA ELDERLY CARE EXPENDITURES HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE COSTS HEALTH CONDITIONS HEALTH COSTS HEALTH FINANCING HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH INSURERS HEALTH NEEDS HEALTH POLICY HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SYSTEM HOSPITAL DISCHARGE HOSPITALS HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS INCOME INCOME GROUPS INFANTS INSURANCE COVERAGE INSURANCE PLANS INSURANCE SYSTEM INSURANCE SYSTEMS INSURERS LIFE EXPECTANCY MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY MIGRANTS MIGRATION MORAL HAZARD PHYSICIANS POPULATION HEALTH PRIVATE INSURANCE PRIVATE SECTOR PROGRAMS PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HOSPITALS PUBLIC INSURANCE PUBLIC SECTOR RATES RETIREMENT SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL INSURANCE SURGERY WORKERS HEALTH INSURANCE COST CONTROL HEALTH INSURANCE FINANCE OLD AGE INSURANCE PUBLIC HEALTH CARE PRIVATE HEALTH CARE TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE INFANT HEALTH SERVICES CONGENITAL IMPAIRMENTS HEALTH CARE DELIVERY PUBLIC HOSPITALS The study offers an analytic approach to fundamental questions concerning the effect of the aging population on the Chilean health system, and, to the prospects for, and the extent of financing health care for the elderly, as presumably catastrophic costs are linked to this effect. However, the study reveals that catastrophic care is not a problem primarily affecting the elderly, since interventions show that, rather the highest costly episodes occur among infants. It is specified that technological change introduced the possibility of delivering care, at very high cost, to infants who would otherwise die, or suffer congenital disorders, and it is this change which shaped the current age distribution of catastrophic care. Under the country's health insurance system, the largest group is covered by the public system, while a smaller group is privately insured. However, the study reveals that significant numbers of catastrophic infant events are assisted in public facilities, regardless of patient's affiliation. This implies that apparently the public system does assume disproportionate catastrophic burdens, where the elderly are neither the sole, nor most substantial drain on public resources, suggesting private insurance could attract the stable, elderly population, and thus mitigate the financial conditions of the public health system. 2013-08-09T20:49:06Z 2013-08-09T20:49:06Z 2000-08-31 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/08/693212/chile-health-insurance-issues-old-age-catastrophic-health-costs http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14982 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Latin America & Caribbean Chile |
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AGE DISTRIBUTION AGE GROUPS AGED AGING AGING POPULATION BENEFICIARIES COVERAGE DEMOGRAPHIC DATA ELDERLY CARE EXPENDITURES HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE COSTS HEALTH CONDITIONS HEALTH COSTS HEALTH FINANCING HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH INSURERS HEALTH NEEDS HEALTH POLICY HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SYSTEM HOSPITAL DISCHARGE HOSPITALS HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS INCOME INCOME GROUPS INFANTS INSURANCE COVERAGE INSURANCE PLANS INSURANCE SYSTEM INSURANCE SYSTEMS INSURERS LIFE EXPECTANCY MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY MIGRANTS MIGRATION MORAL HAZARD PHYSICIANS POPULATION HEALTH PRIVATE INSURANCE PRIVATE SECTOR PROGRAMS PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HOSPITALS PUBLIC INSURANCE PUBLIC SECTOR RATES RETIREMENT SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL INSURANCE SURGERY WORKERS HEALTH INSURANCE COST CONTROL HEALTH INSURANCE FINANCE OLD AGE INSURANCE PUBLIC HEALTH CARE PRIVATE HEALTH CARE TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE INFANT HEALTH SERVICES CONGENITAL IMPAIRMENTS HEALTH CARE DELIVERY PUBLIC HOSPITALS |
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AGE DISTRIBUTION AGE GROUPS AGED AGING AGING POPULATION BENEFICIARIES COVERAGE DEMOGRAPHIC DATA ELDERLY CARE EXPENDITURES HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE COSTS HEALTH CONDITIONS HEALTH COSTS HEALTH FINANCING HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH INSURERS HEALTH NEEDS HEALTH POLICY HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SYSTEM HOSPITAL DISCHARGE HOSPITALS HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS INCOME INCOME GROUPS INFANTS INSURANCE COVERAGE INSURANCE PLANS INSURANCE SYSTEM INSURANCE SYSTEMS INSURERS LIFE EXPECTANCY MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY MIGRANTS MIGRATION MORAL HAZARD PHYSICIANS POPULATION HEALTH PRIVATE INSURANCE PRIVATE SECTOR PROGRAMS PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HOSPITALS PUBLIC INSURANCE PUBLIC SECTOR RATES RETIREMENT SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL INSURANCE SURGERY WORKERS HEALTH INSURANCE COST CONTROL HEALTH INSURANCE FINANCE OLD AGE INSURANCE PUBLIC HEALTH CARE PRIVATE HEALTH CARE TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE INFANT HEALTH SERVICES CONGENITAL IMPAIRMENTS HEALTH CARE DELIVERY PUBLIC HOSPITALS World Bank Chile - Health Insurance Issues : Old Age and Catastrophic Health Costs |
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The study offers an analytic approach to
fundamental questions concerning the effect of the aging
population on the Chilean health system, and, to the
prospects for, and the extent of financing health care for
the elderly, as presumably catastrophic costs are linked to
this effect. However, the study reveals that catastrophic
care is not a problem primarily affecting the elderly, since
interventions show that, rather the highest costly episodes
occur among infants. It is specified that technological
change introduced the possibility of delivering care, at
very high cost, to infants who would otherwise die, or
suffer congenital disorders, and it is this change which
shaped the current age distribution of catastrophic care.
Under the country's health insurance system, the
largest group is covered by the public system, while a
smaller group is privately insured. However, the study
reveals that significant numbers of catastrophic infant
events are assisted in public facilities, regardless of
patient's affiliation. This implies that apparently the
public system does assume disproportionate catastrophic
burdens, where the elderly are neither the sole, nor most
substantial drain on public resources, suggesting private
insurance could attract the stable, elderly population, and
thus mitigate the financial conditions of the public health system. |
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Chile - Health Insurance Issues : Old Age and Catastrophic Health Costs |
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Chile - Health Insurance Issues : Old Age and Catastrophic Health Costs |
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Chile - Health Insurance Issues : Old Age and Catastrophic Health Costs |
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Chile - Health Insurance Issues : Old Age and Catastrophic Health Costs |
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Chile - Health Insurance Issues : Old Age and Catastrophic Health Costs |
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chile - health insurance issues : old age and catastrophic health costs |
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Washington, DC |
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2013 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/08/693212/chile-health-insurance-issues-old-age-catastrophic-health-costs http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14982 |
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