Business cycle sensitivity of Statutory Health Insurance: evidence from the Czech Republic.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Statutory Health Insurance scheme is one of two main schemes of health care system financing in Europe. This scheme mainly relies on wage-based contributions from employers and employees and is thus prone to business cycle fluctuations. This turned out to be a problem especially after the 2008 crisis. We estimate the magnitude of the effect of the business cycle on health insurance funds' revenues in the Czech Republic where the health care system financing is based on the Statutory Health Insurance scheme. The relationship between the business cycle and healthcare system's revenues has not been quantified to this date.

Methods

We use static and lagged regression models to estimate the impact of business cycle on health care system's revenues. The business cyc

SUBMITTER: Landovska P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11673554 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature