Search Results - subject:"medical care use"

The Effect of Patient's Asymmetric Information Problem on Medical Care Utilization with Consideration of a Patient's Ex-ante Health Status

Lim, Jae-Young; Jo, Changik - In: Hitotsubashi Journal of Economics 50 (2009) 2, pp. 37-58

care. This paper builds up the empirical model and found the effect of a doctor's effort on patient's medical care use was … significant and according to the ex-ante health status of a patient, a doctor's effort influenced a patient's medical care use in …

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The effects of urban forests on the medical care use for respiratory disease in Korea : a structural equation model approach

Lee, Kwang-Soo; Lee, Jung-Soo; Kwon, Jung-Hyun - In: International journal of public policy 10 (2014) 4/5, pp. 195-208

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The effects of urban forests on the medical care use for respiratory disease in Korea: a structural equation model approach

Lee, Kwang-Soo; Lee, Jung-Soo; Kwon, Jung-Hyun - In: International Journal of Public Policy 10 (2014) 4/5, pp. 195-208

This study examined the relationship between urban forests and medical care use. A structural equation model was used … to test the hypothesis that the extent of urban forest is negatively related to medical care use for respiratory disease … medical care use. The results showed that urban areas with larger forests had direct significant effects on medical care use …

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The Impact of Subsidized Health Insurance for the Poor: Evaluating the Colombian Experience Using Propensity Score Matching

Trujillo, Antonio; Portillo, Jorge; Vernon, John - In: International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics 5 (2005) 3, pp. 211-239

This paper evaluates the impact of Colombia’s subsidized health insurance program (SUBS) on medical care utilization. Colombia’s SUBS program is a demand-side subsidy intended for low-income families, where the screening of beneficiaries takes place in decentralized locations across the...

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