Does Health Insurance Impede Trade in Health Care Services?
There is limited trade in health services despite big differences in the price of health care across countries. Whether patients travel abroad for health care depends on the coverage of treatments by their health insurance plan. Under existing health insurance contracts, the gains from trade are not...
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| Format: | Publications & Research |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2012
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/07/6075033/health-insurance-impede-trade-health-care-services http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8199 |