Is tax funding of health care more likely to be regressive than systems based on social insurance in low- and middle-income countries?

One of the main functions of health care systems is to collect enough revenue to finance health expenditures. This revenue can be obtained through different sources (taxes, social insurance contributions, out-of-pocket payments, donations), each of which has different implications in terms of equity...

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Main Author: Aurelio Mejía Mejía
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de Antioquia 2013-06-01
Series:Lecturas de Economía
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Online Access:http://aprendeenlinea.udea.edu.co/revistas/index.php/lecturasdeeconomia/article/view/15770/13666