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Healthcare Systems and Economic Inequality: A Comparative Analysis of the United States, India, and Sweden

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Yunqiao Wei1, *
1School Of Law, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
*Corresponding author. Email: wei997997@outlook.com
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Yunqiao Wei
Available Online 14 August 2025.
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6463-811-0_55How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Healthcare Systems; Human Capital Theory; Economic Inequality
Abstract

The healthcare system plays a crucial role in shaping economic inequality, profoundly affecting the level of access to healthcare services, the financial burden on households, and the overall economic mobility of society. This study selected three countries, the United States, India, and Sweden, to conduct in-depth comparative analysis of their healthcare systems, in order to explore their different impacts on economic disparities. The US healthcare system mainly relies on private insurance and market-oriented operation, while India adopts a public-private hybrid healthcare model, and Sweden implements a universal healthcare insurance system while allowing certain private choice space. By delving into these vastly different healthcare systems in detail, this article aims to reveal how healthcare delivery structures to some extent determine economic disparities among countries. The research results show that the structure of the healthcare system has a significant impact on economic inequality, and the universal healthcare model exhibits greater fairness in accessing services and financial protection.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2025 5th International Conference on Enterprise Management and Economic Development (ICEMED 2025)
Series
Advances in Economics, Business and Management Research
Publication Date
14 August 2025
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978-94-6463-811-0
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2352-5428
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6463-811-0_55How to use a DOI?
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© 2025 The Author(s)
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Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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