Authors
![Tim Besley](/sites/default/files/styles/square_desktop/public/2022-07/Tim%20Besley.jpg?itok=3EW68rGC)
Research Associate London School of Economics
Timothy is a Research Associate at the IFS and a Professor of Economics and Political Science at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
![Ian Preston](/sites/default/files/styles/square_desktop/public/2022-07/Ian%20Preston.jpg?itok=motnJYqo)
Research Fellow University College London
Ian is a Research Fellow of the IFS and a Professor of Economics at UCL. He joined UCL in 1991 and has been attached to the IFS since 1990.
![Person graphic](/sites/default/files/styles/square_desktop/public/2022-06/IFS-person-graphic.png?itok=hWCtTSrz)
John Hall
Suggested citation
T, Besley and J, Hall and I, Preston. (1995). The response of private health insurance to public sector quality : evidence from Britain [mimeo].
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