01734cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF004568 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451865455 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Markova, Nora. How Does the Introduction of Health Insurance Change the Equity of Health Care Provision in Bulgaria? / Nora Markova. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2006. 1 online resource (39 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students The study examines the effect of health care reform in Bulgaria in 1999 on the equity of health care financing. It explores the distribution of different types of health care financing by income. Furthermore, it separates the financial and social reasons for these differences, dividing them into economic and social inequalities. It suggests a method of distinguishing between financially based and "exclusion based" reasons for having progressive/regressive health care financing. Moreover, it looks at the social factors that shape health expenditure patterns and identifies those social characteristics that lead to exclusion from the health care system. Mode of access: Internet IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2006/285 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2006/285/001.2006.issue-285-en.xml IMF e-Library