naa a22 4500 510741037 CHVBK 20180411083028.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20131201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11845-013-0929-7 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11845-013-0929-7 Turner B. University College Cork, Cork, Ireland aut Premium inflation in the Irish private health insurance market: drivers and consequences [Elektronische Daten] [B. Turner] Background: Nearly half of the Irish population is covered by private health insurance. In recent years, premium inflation has been significantly ahead of overall inflation and has been accelerating. This has contributing to a drop in the numbers insured since the peak in 2008. The fall in the numbers with private health insurance also has implications for the public health system. Findings: Factors behind this premium inflation include rising charges for beds in public hospitals, increasing volume of treatments and increasing quality of service and cover. Conclusion: While some progress has been made by insurers on reducing fees paid to consultants and private hospitals, unless the quantity or quality of care are addressed then premium inflation is unlikely to abate. Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland, 2013 Private health insurance nationallicence Premium inflation nationallicence Public hospital system nationallicence Public-private overlap nationallicence Bed charges nationallicence Subsidies to private patients nationallicence Ireland nationallicence Irish Journal of Medical Science Springer London 182/4(2013-12-01), 545-550 0021-1265 182:4<545 2013 182 11845 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11845-013-0929-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 review-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11845-013-0929-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Turner B. University College Cork, Cork, Ireland aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Irish Journal of Medical Science Springer London 182/4(2013-12-01), 545-550 0021-1265 182:4<545 2013 182 11845 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer