Going Private: Why People Pay for Their Health Care (The State of Health)

By Michael Calnan

Private health insurance is currently at its highest level in Britain since the introduction of the National Health Service. Approximately one in seven of the population has some form of health cover. It is often claimed that the growth in private health insurance is due to the underfunding of the NHS. This book aims to shed new light on this controversial issue and examines the reasons why people take out private health insurance when the NHS is available.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0335099807
• ISBN13: 9780335099801
• Release Date: June 1993
• Publisher: Open University Press
• Length: 113 Pages