Kato, Hirotaka; Goto, Rei - In: Health economics review 7 (2017) 28, pp. 1-10
investigates the effects of reducing cost sharing for outpatient services on hospital admissions by exploring a subsidy policy for … children’s outpatient services in Japan. Methods: Data were extracted from the Japanese Diagnosis Procedure Combination … hospital admissions, although this effect varies by region. The subsidy reduces the number of overall admissions in low …