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This report studies the demand for private health insurance in the UK using data from the British Social Attitudes Survey.
Authors

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.

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.

Report details
- DOI
- 10.1920/co.ifs.1996.0052
- ISBN
- 978-1-873357-52-1
- Publisher
- IFS
Suggested citation
T, Besley and J, Hall and I, Preston. (1996). Private health insurance and the state of the NHS. London: IFS. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/private-health-insurance-and-state-nhs (accessed: 13 August 2025).
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