Decisions on public health measures to contain a pandemic are often based on parameters such as expected disease burden …, social distancing, and restrictions on economic activity. These factors indirectly influence health outcomes in the short … well as the distribution of health risks. …

Theoretical considerations suggest that nonlinear health care price schedules have heterogeneous effects on health care … heterogeneous reactions to the introduction of a nonlinear price schedule in the German statutory health insurance system. In … administrative insurance claims data from the largest German health insurance plan, we find that some individuals strongly react to …