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Harju, Jarkko; Verho, J - 2023

We study the moral hazard effects of the drug copayment threshold in Finland using detailed prescription drug purchase … data. The analysis reveals that the average drug costs increase discontinuously by 17% at the threshold above which out …-of-pocket drug costs decrease substantially. Our results suggest an average price elasticity of -0.17, which indicates evident moral …

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Drivers of COVID-19 Vaccinations : Vaccine Administration and Delivery Efficiency in the United States

Goel, Rajeev K.; Nelson, Michael A. - 2021

This paper adds some formal research to the success of ongoing efforts to combat the COVID-19 pandemic by examining the drivers of the administration and delivery efficiency of coronavirus vaccines. For this purpose, we use data from the 50 US states and place the formal analysis in the context...

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Vaccination Lottery

Kim, Duk Gyoo - 2021

Ohio announced a Vax-a-Million Lottery in May 2021 to encourage people vaccinated. If people may avoid vaccination because (1) they worry about rare but critical side effects or (2) they want to free ride on herd immunity, the vaccination lottery may work better or worse than a lump-sum transfer...

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Public Health Insurance and Medical Spending : Evidence from the ACA Medicaid Expansion

Shupe, Cortnie - 2021

This paper investigates the short-run impact of public insurance expansion under the Affordable Care Act on out-of-pocket medical spending (OOP) and risk exposure among low-income, eligible households as well as the incidence of the cost of providing insurance. Using data from the Medical...

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The Effects of the 2010 Affordable Care Act Dependent Care Provision on Family Structure and Public Program Participation Among Young Adults

Chatterji, Pinka - 2018

We use difference-in-difference methods and data from the 2008 Survey of Income and Program Participation to test whether the ACA dependent care provision is associated with family structure and public program participation among young adults. Findings indicate that implementation of the...

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Effects of the 2010 Affordable Care Act Dependent Care Provision on Military Participation Among Young Adults

Chatterji, Pinka - 2018

In this study, we test whether the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) dependent care provision is associated with young adults’ propensity to be in the armed forces and to have military health insurance. We use a difference-in-difference (DD) approach, comparing the outcomes of young adults...

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Coinsurance vs. Copayments : Reimbursement Rules for a Monopolistic Medical Product with Competitive Health Insurers

Cremer, Helmuth; Lozachmeur, Jean-Marie - 2021

This paper studies a market for a medical product in which there is perfect competition among health insurers, while the good is sold by a monopolist. Individuals differ in their severity of illness and there is ex post moral hazard. We consider two regimes: one in which insurers use coinsurance...

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Medicare and the Rise of American Medical Patenting : The Economics of User-Driven Innovation

Clemens, Jeffrey; Olsen, Morten - 2021

Innovation is part idea generation and part development. We build a model of “innovating-bydoing,” whereby ideas come to practitioners. Successful innovation requires that practitioners’ideas be developed through costly effort. Our model nests existing theories of laboratory researchand...

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Buying Control? 'Locus of Control' and the Uptake of Supplementary Health Insurance

Bonsang, Eric; New, Sonja C. de; Costa-Font, Joan - 2021

This paper analyses the relationship between locus of control (LOC) and the demand for supplementary health insurance. Drawing on longitudinal data from Germany, we find robust evidence that individuals having an internal LOC are more likely to take up supplementary private health insurance...

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Plugging Gaps in Payment Systems : Evidence from the Take-Up of New Medicare Billing Codes

Clemens, Jeffrey; Leganza, Jonathan M.; Masucci, Alex - 2021

Over the last decade, the U.S. Medicare program has added new billing codes to enhance the financial rewards for Chronic Care Management and Transitional Care Management. We show that the take-up of these new billing codes is gradual and exhibits substantial variations across markets and...

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