Normalizing Consumer Surplus Data for Kosovo'S Wtp for a Mandatory Health Insurance

• Autorzy: Edmond Muhaxheri , Patrycja Szkudlarek
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The purpose of this paper is to show that consumer surplus for Kosovo's expected mandatory health insurance fund do not follow a normal distribution. It shows the rationale used in obtaining the initial aggregate consumer surplus, the development Surplus-to-Exploitation, and Potential Entry Threshold indicators. It also provides the logic behind individualized data set which is used in normality testing. Normality is achieved through a Johnson Transformation; with Anderson-Darling test statistic being used to test this claim.(original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Health care insurance; Insurance fund

PL

Ubezpieczenia zdrowotne; Fundusz ubezpieczeniowy

• Czasopismo: Metody Ilościowe w Badaniach Ekonomicznych / Szkoła Główna Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego
• Rocznik: 2016
• Tom: 17(XVII)
• Numer: nr 4
• Strony: 81--88

Twórcy

autor

Edmond Muhaxheri

• University of Tirana, Albania

autor

Patrycja Szkudlarek

• University of Lodz, Poland

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