Competition in the Irish Private Health Insurance Market

TABLE OF FIGURES
Figure 1: Long-term PHI open-enrolment trend p.27
Figure 2: Annual Change in PHI membership, 1973-2005 p.28
Figure 3: PHI Membership, 1973-2006 p.32
Figure 4: PHI Market Share, 1996-2006 p.33
Figure 5: Market Share by Age Groups p.35
Figure 6: PHI Products p.36
Figure 7: Key features of Related Health Insurance Products p.44
Table 1:
Annual Change in Membership Numbers by Insurer and in
the Total Market between 2002 and 2005 p.34
Table 2: Most Popular PHI Plans and Premiums p.37
Table 3:
Vhi Healthcare, BUPA Ireland and VIVAS Health Annual Price
Increases p.39
Table 4: Regulation of PHI Firms p.52
Table 5: Distribution of PHI “Switchers” by age cohort p.90
Table 6: An Analytical Framework for Buyer Power p.113
Table 7: Vhi Healthcare Financial Results 2002-2006 p.130
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