Study Findings from University of Siegen Provide New Insights into Health Policy and Law (Social Health Insurance In Europe: Basic Concepts and New Principles)

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2019 AUG 01 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Health Policy and Law Daily -- Current study results on Legal Issues - Health Policy and Law have been published. According to news reporting from Siegen, Germany, by NewsRx editors, the research stated, “This article discusses recent developments in and new principles of European social health insurance (SHI). It analyses how privatization policies and competition have altered social insurance and whether financial difficulties are caused by social insurance features not evident in other types of health care systems.”

Funders for this research include NORFACE, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft DFG (New Opportunities for Research Funding Agency Cooperation in Europe) Welfare State Futures program.

The news correspondents obtained a quote from the research from the University of Siegen, “There is little if any evidence that SHI causes higher cost increases than other types of systems. The comparison of five European SHI systems demonstrates that despite cost containment policies these countries do not experience a trust crisis in health care or loss in support among the public.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “The author shows that SHI has moved toward universal health care and that the traditional values of solidarity and social security have even been strengthened over the past decades.”

For more information on this research see: Social Health Insurance In Europe: Basic Concepts and New Principles. Journal of Health Politics Policy and Law, 2019;44(4):665-677. Journal of Health Politics Policy and Law can be contacted at: Duke Univ Press, 905 W Main St, Ste 18-B, Durham, NC 27701, USA.

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting C. Wendt, University of Siegen, Sociol Hlth & Hlth Care Syst, Siegen, Germany.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1215/03616878-7530837. 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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