New Managed Care Study Findings Have Been Reported from University of Jyvaskyla (Private Health Insurance In the Universal Public Healthcare System: the Role of Healthcare Provision In Finland): Managed Care

2023 AUG 01 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- Researchers detail new data in Managed Care. According to news originating from Jyvaskyla, Finland, by NewsRx editors, the research stated, “Voluntary private health insurance (VPHI) has gained popularity in universal public healthcare systems. We studied how the local provision of healthcare services correlated with VPHI take-up in Finland.”

Funders for this research include Instrumentarium Science Foundation, Yrjo Jahnsson Foundation, Vakuutustiedon kehittamissaatio.

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from the University of Jyvaskyla, “Nationwide register data from a Finnish insurance company was aggregated to the local level and augmented with highquality data on public and private primary care providers’ geographical closeness and fees. We found that the sociodemographic characteristics explained the VPHI take-up more than public or private healthcare provision. The VPHI take-up was negatively associated with distance to the nearest private clinic, while the associations with distance to public health stations were statistically weak. Fees and co-payments for healthcare services were not associated with insurance take-up, meaning that the geographical closeness of providers explained the takeup more than the price of services.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “On the other hand, we found that VPHI take-up was higher when local employment, income and education levels were higher.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Private Health Insurance In the Universal Public Healthcare System: the Role of Healthcare Provision In Finland. Health Policy, 2023;132. Health Policy can be contacted at: Elsevier Ireland Ltd, Elsevier House, Brookvale Plaza, East Park Shannon, Co, Clare, 00000, Ireland. (Elsevier - www.elsevier.com; Health Policy - http://www.journals.elsevier.com/health-policy/)

The news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained from Konsta Lavaste, University of Jyvaskyla, School of Business and Economics, Pob 35, Fi-40014 Jyvaskyla, Finland.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2023.104820. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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