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Waiting times for outpatient treatment in Germany : new experimental evidence from primary data

Heinrich, Nils; Wübker, Ansgar; Wuckel, Christiane - 2017

providers. There is an ongoing debate in Germany regarding the preferential treatment given to private health insurance (PHI … problem in the outpatient sector, in 2015 Germany introduced a reform that was aimed at providing SHI holders with … outpatient treatments in Germany and assessed the reform’s impact on this issue. We found a sizeable difference in waiting times …

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Waiting times for outpatient treatment in Germany : new experimental evidence from primary data

Heinrich, Nils; Wübker, Ansgar; Wuckel, Christiane - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 238 (2018) 5, pp. 375-394

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Healthcare Spending and Utilization in Public and Private Medicare

Curto, Vilsa - 2017

We compare healthcare spending in public and private Medicare using newly available claims data from Medicare Advantage (MA) insurers. MA insurer revenues are 30 percent higher than their healthcare spending. Healthcare spending is 25 percent lower for MA enrollees than for enrollees in...

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Healthcare spending and utilization in public and private Medicare

Curto, Vilsa; Einav, Liran; Finkelstein, Amy; Levin, … - 2017

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Health care spending and utilization in public and private Medicare

Curto, Vilsa; Einav, Liran; Finkelstein, Amy; Levin, … - In: American economic journal : a journal of the American … 11 (2019) 2, pp. 302-332

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Healthcare Spending and Utilization in Public and Private Medicare

Curto, Vilsa - 2017

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Do optional deductibles reduce the number of doctor visits? : empirical evidence with German dat

Schmitz, Hendrik (contributor) - 2008

Deductibles in health insurance are often regarded as a means to contain health care costs when individuals exhibit moral hazard. However, in the absence of moral hazard, voluntarily chosen deductibles may instead lead to self-selection into different insurance contracts. We use a set of new...