In 2004, the German Social Health Insurance introduced a co-payment for the first doctor visit in a calendar quarter. I combine a structural model of health care demand and a difference-in-differences strategy to estimate the effect of that reform on the number of visits. In the model, the...

Die Nachfrage nach mobil erbrachten Gesundheitsdienstleistungen steigt an. Dabei ist IT-Unterstützung verfügbar, Dienstleistungsorganisationen in der Domäne müssen aber mit knappen Budgets und einem Engpass an Fachkräften zurechtkommen. Gleichzeitig wird eine hohe Servicequalität...

A central question in the debate over privatized Medicare is whether increased government payments to private Medicare Advantage (MA) plans generate lower premiums for consumers or higher profits for producers. Using difference-in-differences variation brought about by a sharp legislative...