JUST PUBLISHED

 

Effort or Circumstances: Does the Correlation Matter for Inequality of Opportunity in Health?

Jusot F., Tubeuf S., Trannoy A.
Working paper n° 33. 2010/07

This paper proposes a method to quantify the contribution of inequalities of opportunities and inequalities due to differences in effort to be in good health to overall health inequality. It examines three alternative specifications of legitimate and illegitimate inequalities drawing on Roemer, Barry and Swift’s considerations of circumstances and effort...

Abstract and full text

An Exploratory Evaluation of Multidisciplinary Primary Care Group Practices in Franche-Comté and Bourgogne

Bourgueil Y., Clément M.-C., Couralet P.-E., Mousquès J., Pierre A.
Issues in health economics n° 147. 2009/10 (2010/06 for the English version).

The creation of maisons de santé pluridisciplinaires, grouping together first-contact medical and paramedical private practitioners providing a multidisciplinary healthcare service, is expanding throughout France...

Abstract and full text

Pathways to Retirement in Europe: Individual Determinants and the Role of Social Protection

Debrand T., Sirven N.
Issues in health economics n° 148. 2009/11 (2010/04 for the English version).

In Europe, the pathways to retirement are determined by individual factors such as age, gender, education level and health status, and contextual factors such as family and professional environments...

Abstract and full text

CHART OF THE MONTH

Distribution of health insurance cover in France by occupation and type of provider in 2008
(CMU-C* beneficiaries excluded)

*The CMU-C is a public means-tested complementary health insurance for low-income individuals.

* * Mutual insurance companies being regulated by the Insurance Law Book, they are taken account of in the category "Private insurance", unlike mutuelles who are regulated by the Code of Mutuality.

* * * Insurance brokers are agents who trade health cover contracts on behalf of insurance providers (mutuelles, provident societies, private insurers). All contracts for which the provider could not be determined are classified in the category "Insurance brokers".

Source: IRDES Report N° 1800 “Enquête sur la santé et la protection sociale 2008”.

Chart of the month: historic