Private Voluntary Health Insurance: Market in Poland and Determinants of Demand—Review of Literature

Adam Śliwiński (asliwin@sgh.waw.pl) and Iwona Borkowska (iwborkow@outlook.com)
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Adam Śliwiński: SGH Warsaw School of Economics
Iwona Borkowska: SGH Warsaw School of Economics

A chapter in Economic and Financial Challenges for Balkan and Eastern European Countries, 2020, pp 177-192 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract In the time of the demographic changes, which result in a direct burden on state care financing and influence on changes in the structure of expenditure on health, it is very important to know why people take into consideration the decision of buying private health insurance. This study is attempted to answer this question and is focused on the identification of factors determining the propensity to conclude PVHI by individuals, based on the research carried out by leading global researchers, as well as outlining the impact of identified factors on the demand for PVHI. The paragraph 1 of this paper describes the specifics of financing health care in Poland and the specifics of the private voluntary health insurance market. The next paragraph presents the analysis of factors of demand on private voluntary health insurance on the basis of the literature review. The study finishes the description of the obtained results: the demand factors for PVHI, their impact on the demand for PVHI and conclusions indicating further directions of the research. The study used a descriptive qualitative method of the collected material: selected by key words of scientific publications, documents and expert materials as well as legal acts.

Keywords: Private voluntary health insurance; Determinants; Demand (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-39927-6_11

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