The objective of this study consists in quantifying in money terms the potential reduction in usage of public health … care outlets associated to the tenure of double (public plus private) insurance. In order to address the problem, a … probabilistic model for visits to physicians is specified and estimated using data from the Catalonian Health Survey. Also, a model …

The objective of this study consists in quantifying in money terms the potential reduction in usage of public health … care outlets associated to the tenure of double (public plus private) insurance. In order to address the problem, a … probabilistic model for visits to physicians is specified and estimated using data from the Catalonian Health Survey. Also, a model …

We study a micro-finance program that provides compulsory health insurance to its borrowers and their spouses. We find … more likely to use the health insurance acquired through his wife's loan than is a woman (through her husband's loan … that the non-borrowing spouses are less likely to file insurance claims than those who are borrowing. Further, a man is …

We examine the personal health situation and how the complexities thereof affect the elderly Austrians' willingness to … accept electronic health records (EHR). Using data from the sixth wave of the SHARE survey in Austria, we find the complexity … of individual health problems and the social integration of individuals influencing the acceptance of EHR. The more the …

We examine the personal health situation and how the complexities thereof affect the elderly Austrians' willingness to … accept electronic health records (EHR). Using data from the sixth wave of the SHARE survey in Austria, we find the complexity … of individual health problems and the social integration of individuals influencing the acceptance of EHR. The more the …

In Germany, private health insurance covers more innovative and costly treatments than public insurance. Moreover … whether these superior features of private insurance actually transfer into better health. I focus on German adolescents who … are still in education to control for selection and account for differences in health-conscious behavior between publicly …

In Germany, private health insurance covers more innovative and costly treatments than public insurance. Moreover … whether these superior features of private insurance actually transfer into better health. I focus on German adolescents who … are still in education to control for selection and account for differences in health-conscious behavior between publicly …

The purpose of this paper is to compare the cost efficiency of private and public property insurance providers in … measurement errors and apply the model to a data set on 19 firms in housing insurance markets in Switzerland. We show that the … public insurance providers are about 20 per cent more cost efficient than their private counterparts. …

This paper deals with the phenomenon of risk-selection and its appearance in the german compulsory health insurance …

This paper investigates the impact of health risk on insurance contract with hazard moral. We use a bi …-dimensional utility function (wealth and health status). We prove that the type of health risk influences the equilibrium of insurance … market. A full coverage is possible with moral hazard. Finally, the link between health risk and co-payment can be invalided. …