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comparison effect, decrease subsequent demand. This tension is particularly important for the distribution of health products in … Northern Uganda in which three health products differing in their scope for learning were initially offered either for free or …
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In a field experiment in Uganda, we find that demand after a free distribution of three health products is lower than …
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-mandatory health insurance markets, focusing on the ability of consumers to evaluate and optimize their choices of plans. Our analysis …We study the Medicare Part D prescription drug insurance program as a bellwether for designs of private, non …
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This study analyzes health plan choices of retirees in an employer-sponsored health benefits program that resembles …
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health insurance determinants show significant adverse selection in the current health insurance system where individuals … suggest that the current health insurance system entails significant adverse selection where people with worse health are more …Vietnam is undertaking health financing reform in an attempt to achieve universal health insurance coverage by 2014 …
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This study examines the effect of price on the demand for health insurance by early retirees between the ages of 55 and … created by the firm's health insurance contribution policy. The amount the firm contributes toward retiree health insurance …-price attributes of the health insurance plans offered, and plausibly exogenous to individual characteristics that are likely to affect …
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Objective: The ratio of controller to reliever medication use has been proposed as a measure of treatment quality for asthma patients. In this study we examine the effects of plan level mean out-of-pocket asthma medication patient copayments and other features of benefit plan design on the use...
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Generic drug utilization has risen dramatically, from 19% of scrips in 1984 to 47% in 2001, thus bringing significant direct dollar savings. Generic drug use may also yield indirect savings if it lowers the average price of those brand-name drugs that are still purchased. Prior work indicates -...
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The impacts of choice in public services are controversial. We exploit a reform in the English National Health Service …
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-mandatory health insurance markets that control adverse selection and assure adequate access and coverage. We model Part D enrollment …We study the Medicare Part D prescription drug insurance program as a bellwether for designs of private, non … high Part D enrollment rates among the currently healthy, but also strong adverse selection in choice of level of coverage …
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