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To charge or not to charge : evidence from a health products experiment in Uganda
Fischer, Greg; Karlan, Dean; McConnell, Margaret Mary; … - 2014
Pricing policy for any experience good faces a key tradeoff. On one hand, a price reduction increases immediate demand … and hence more people learn about the product. On the other hand, lower prices may serve as price anchors and, through a … price anchors: future demand is lower after a free distribution than after a distribution at market prices. …
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To Charge or Not to Charge : Evidence from a Health Products Experiment in Uganda
Fischer, Greg - 2014
In a field experiment in Uganda, we find that demand after a free distribution of three health products is lower than after a sale distribution. This contrasts with work on insecticide-treated bed nets, highlighting the importance of product characteristics in determining pricing policy. We put...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013053653
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To Charge or Not to Charge : Evidence from a Health Products Experiment in Uganda
Fischer, Greg - 2015
In a field experiment in Uganda, we find that demand after a free distribution of three health products is lower than after a sale distribution. This contrasts with work on insecticide-treated bed nets, highlighting the importance of product characteristics in determining pricing policy. We put...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013020435
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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 …
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Empirische Erfahrungen, Versichertenverhalten zu steuern
Osmers, Henning; Vauth, Christoph - 2004
Steigende Kosten in den meisten Gesundheitssystemen und die damit verbundenen Finanzierungsprobleme stehen im Focus von vielen empirischen Untersuchungen. Wissenschaftler sind der Meinung, dass falsch gesetzte Anreize einer der Hauptgründe hierfür darstellen. Die vorliegende Arbeit umreißt...
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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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Copayments for doctor visits in Germany and the probability of visiting a physician - Evidence from a natural experiment
Farbmacher, Helmut - 2009
The German health care reform of 2004 imposes a charge of 10 Euro for the first visit to a doctor in each quarter of the year. At first glance, there is no inhibiting effect of this fee on utilization in the German Socio-Economic Panel. However, this study reveals that the true effect is...
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Suit the action to the word, the word to the action: Hypothetical choices and real decisions in Medicare Part D
Kesternich, Iris; Heiss, Florian; McFadden, Daniel; … - 2012
In recent years, consumer choice has become an important element of public policy. One reason is that consumers differ in their tastes and needs, which they can express most easily through their own choices. Elements that strengthen consumer choice feature prominently in the design of public...
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Consumer resistance against regulation: The case of health care
Zweifel, Peter; Telser, Harry; Vaterlaus, Stephan - 2005
Regulation fostering Managed Care alternatives in health insurance is spreading. This work reports on an experiment designed to measure the amounts of compensation asked by the Swiss population (in terms of reduced premiums) for Managed-Care type restrictions in the provision of health care. It...
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Identification of supplier-induced demand: What kind of consumer information matters?
Schmid, Christian - 2013
The focus of the present study is on consumer health information in relation to supplier induced demand (SID). We argue that a comparison between medical professionals and nonmedical professionals fails to identify demand inducement. Using a new information measure based on questions of the...
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