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Differential effects by mental health status of filling the Medicare part d coverage gap
Liu, Judith; Zhang, Yuting; Kaplan, Cameron - 2020
−20%), and decreased generic drug utilization for all groups (2−4%). Conclusions: Patients’ responses to price changes vary …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012549072
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Improving risk adjustment in the Czech Republic
Chalupka, Radovan - 2009
This paper analyses possible options how to improve the risk adjustment of the health insurance system in the Czech Republic. Out of possible options it argues for including Pharmaceutical Cost Groups (PCGs) as additional risk factors since it is an improvement that can be implemented almost...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010322206
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Do Optional Deductibles Reduce the Number of Doctor Visits? Empirical Evidence with German Data
Schmitz, Hendrik - 2008
determine the price elasticity of demand for health care. A latent class approach that takes into account the panel structure of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600785
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In Absolute or Relative Terms? How Framing Prices Affects the Consumer Price Sensitivity of Health Plan Choice
Schmitz, Hendrik; Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - 2011
This paper provides field evidence on (a) how price framing affects consumers' decision to switch health insurance … plans and (b) how the price elasticity of demand for health insurance can be influenced by policymakers through simple … health insurance companies to express price differences between health plans in absolute Euro values rather than percentage …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011601065
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Zusatzbeiträge erhöhen die Preistransparenz: mehr Versicherte wechseln die Krankenkasse
Eibich, Peter; Schmitz, Hendrik; Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - In: DIW Wochenbericht 78 (2011) 51/52, pp. 3-12
Die 2009 implementierte Gesundheitsreform hat die Preistransparenz und somit die Verbraucherfreundlichkeit innerhalb der gesetzlichen Krankenversicherung (GKV) zunächst deutlich erhöht und die Bereitschaft der Versicherten gefördert, auf Preiserhöhungen mit einem Wechsel der Krankenkasse zu...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011602456
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Do Optional Deductibles Reduce the Number of Doctor Visits? – Empirical Evidence with German Data
Schmitz, Hendrik - 2008
determine the price elasticity of demand for health care. A latent class approach that takes into account the panel structure of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264745
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In Absolute or Relative Terms? How Framing Prices Affects the Consumer Price Sensitivity of Health Plan Choice
Schmitz, Hendrik; Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - 2011
This paper provides fi eld evidence on (a) how price framing aff ects consumers' decision to switch health insurance … plans and (b) how the price elasticity of demand for health insurance can be influenced by policymakers through simple … health insurance companies to express price differences between health plans in absolute Euro values rather than percentage …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287407
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Improving risk adjustment in the Czech Republic
Chalupka, Radovan (contributor) - 2009
This paper analyses possible options how to improve the risk adjustment of the health insurance system in the Czech Republic. Out of possible options it argues for including Pharmaceutical Cost Groups (PCGs) as additional risk factors since it is an improvement that can be implemented almost...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003790295
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Does uninsurance affect the health outcomes of the insured? : evidence from heart attack patients in California
Daysal, N. Meltem - 2012
In this paper, I examine the impact of uninsured patients on the health of the insured, focusing on one health outcome - the in-hospital mortality rate of insured heart attack patients. I employ panel data models using patient discharge and hospital financial data from California (1999-2006). My...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009533985
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When health care insurance does not make a difference : the case of health care "made in China"
Dalen, Hendrik P. van - 2006
Does medical insurance affect health care demand and in the end contribute to improvements in the health status? Evidence for China for the year 2004, by means of the China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS), shows that health insurance does not affect health care demand in a significant manner....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011349712