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determine the price elasticity of demand for health care. A latent class approach that takes into account the panel structure of … increases the number of doctor visits. However, altogether the effects of the insurance state on the demand for doctor visits …
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determine the price elasticity of demand for health care. A latent class approach that takes into account the panel structure of … increases the number of doctor visits. However, altogether the effects of the insurance state on the demand for doctor visits …
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determine the price elasticity of demand for health care. A latent class approach that takes into account the panel structure of … increases the number of doctor visits. However, altogether the effects of the insurance state on the demand for doctor visits …
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Consumers' health plan choices are highly persistent even though optimal plans change over time. This paper separates two sources of inertia, inattention to plan choice and switching costs. We develop a panel data model with separate attention and choice stages, linked by heterogeneity in...
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, Switzerland introduced out-of-pocket price differentiation. As of July 1st 2011, substitutable pharmaceuticals with prices above a … from public sources and patient drug use data from two Swiss health insurers, we analyze the price and demand response of … from generic producers than from firms producing brand-name drugs. Regarding demand, we exploit a natural experiment in …
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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 diluted...
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"The increasing proliferation of copayments is one of the most striking developments in the health sector of the past few years. As debate over their exact nature and implementation continues to rage, this detailed volume examines the influence of copayments on the choice of drugs"--Provided by...
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diuretics and beta-blockers. We use a prescription micro dataset where both patients and physicians can be followed over time …%). -- pharmaceuticals ; physician behavior ; habit formation ; mixed logit estimator …
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-in-difference approach to examine whether the new copayment effectively reduced the overall demand for physician visits and to explore … demand for physician visits. It is likely that this result is due to the design of the copayment scheme, as the copayment is …
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