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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

    Tim Besley
    Tim Besley

    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
    Ian Preston

    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: 1 November 2026).

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