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Do optional deductibles reduce the number of doctor visits? : empirical evidence with German data
Schmitz, Hendrik - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011633519
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003785047
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Copayments for ambulatory care in Germany : a natural experiment using a difference-in-difference approach
Schreyögg, Jonas; Grabka, Markus M. - 2010
copayment for ambulatory care in 2004 for individuals with statutory health insurance (SHI). Because persons with private …-in-difference approach to examine whether the new copayment effectively reduced the overall demand for physician visits and to explore … same time, we did not observe a deterrent effect among vulnerable individuals. Thus, the copayment has failed to reduce the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009663837
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Copayments for ambulatory care in Germany : a natural experiment using a difference-in-difference approach
Schreyögg, Jonas; Grabka, Markus M. - 2008
copayment for ambulatory care in 2004 for individuals with statutory health insurance (SHI). Because persons with private …-in-difference approach to examine whether the new copayment effectively reduced the overall demand for physician visits and to explore … same time, we did not observe a deterrent effect among vulnerable individuals. Thus, the copayment has failed to reduce the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011632066
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Copayments for Ambulatory Care in Germany : A Natural Experiment Using a Difference-in-Difference Approach
Schreyoegg, Jonas; Grabka, Markus - 2010
copayment for ambulatory care in 2004 for individuals with statutory health insurance (SHI). Because persons with private …-in-difference approach to examine whether the new copayment effectively reduced the overall demand for physician visits and to explore … same time, we did not observe a deterrent effect among vulnerable individuals. Thus, the copayment has failed to reduce the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014218988
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Copayments for Ambulatory Care in Germany : A Natural Experiment Using a Difference-in-Difference Approach
Schreyogg, Jonas; Grabka, Markus - 2008
copayment for ambulatory care in 2004 for individuals with statutory health insurance (SHI). Because persons with private …-in-difference approach to examine whether the new copayment effectively reduced the overall demand for physician visits and to explore … same time, we did not observe a deterrent effect among vulnerable individuals. Thus, the copayment has failed to reduce the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014218994
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Do Optional Deductibles Reduce the Number of Doctor Visits? Empirical Evidence with German Data
Schmitz, Hendrik - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014213324
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Assessing the effectiveness of health care cost containment measures
Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - 2011
were introduced in Germany in 1997 to reduce moral hazard and public health expenditures in the market for convalescent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008826715
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Grenzen des Wettbewerbs im Gesundheitswesen
Kumpmann, Ingmar (contributor) - 2008
neglect the competition between health care providers for patients which is crucial for medical quality. This third field of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003615904
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Physician behavior under prospective payment schemes : evidence from artefactual field and lab experiments
Hafner, Lucas; Reif, Simon; Seebauer, Michael - 2017
Recent experimental studies analyze the behavior of physicians towards patients and nd that physicians care for their … physicians take into account the payo s of the third party, which can lead to underprovision of medical services. We conduct a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011741401