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Promoting Inequity: The Jamison Report Proposals on Health Insurance
Author(s) -
Duckett S. J.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
australian journal of social issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1839-4655
pISSN - 0157-6321
DOI - 10.1002/j.1839-4655.1981.tb00701.x
Subject(s) - equity (law) , commission , project commissioning , health insurance , publishing , health equity , actuarial science , public economics , business , public administration , health care , political science , law and economics , economics , law
The Report of the Commission of Inquiry into the Efficiency and Administration of Hospitals (the Jamison Report) contained a series of recommendations relating to health insurance. This paper reviews those recommendations and the existing health insurance arrangements, and argues that the Jamison proposals will lead to greater inequity rather than greater equity.