Health status and the demand for health

Wedig, Gerard J.

doi:10.1016/0167-6296(88)90013-6

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“…10 Wedig reported elasticities of -.032 to -0.16, depending on whether the model was use/nonuse or conditional on use. 32 Our study reported office visit own-price elasticities of -0.081 and -0.076 for expenditures and -0.067 for utilization, results that are slightly smaller but similar to the other estimates discussed above.…”

Section: Relationship Between Average Frequency Of Office Visits and supporting

confidence: 60%

“…Wedig was not able to observe the prices in effect for those who did not utilize the service. 32 Rosett and Huang did not use direct measures of price and use. 30 Fuchs and Kramer used the average and net prices of those who utilized the services; nonutilizers did not know the price, that is, their decision not to purchase was not based on the monetary price.…”

Section: Relationship Between Average Frequency Of Office Visits and mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Relationship of the Use and Costs of Physician Office Visits and Prescription Drugs to Travel Distance and Increases in Member Cost Share

Cecil

Barnes²,

Shea³

et al. 2006

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Relationship of the Use and Costs of Physician Office Visits and Prescription Drugs to Travel Distance and Increases in Member Cost Share

Cecil

Barnes²,

Shea³

et al. 2006

JMCP

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“…In 1995, 1.9 million patients in Germany underwent convalescent care therapy and more than e 7 billion (0.4 percent of GDP) was spent on these programs (German Federal Statistical Office, 2010). Ziebarth (2010) shows that the price elasticity of demand for convalescent care treatments is inelastic and about -0.4-an estimate that is very much in line with the consensus price elasticity estimates in the literature on health care (Wedig, 1988;Keeler et al, 1988;Zweifel and Manning, 2000). Hence, it is plausible to assume that convalescent care is a good proxy for health care in general.…”

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confidence: 53%

Assessing the Effectiveness of Health Care Cost Containment Measures

Ziebarth

2011

SSRN Journal

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Using SOEP panel data and difference-in-differences methods, this study is the first to empirically evaluate the effectiveness of four different health care cost containment measures within an integrated framework. The four measures investigated were introduced in Germany in 1997 to reduce moral hazard and public health expenditures in the market for convalescent care. Doubling the daily copayments was clearly the most effective cost containment measure, resulting in a reduction in demand of about 20 percent. Indirect measures such as allowing employers to cut statutory sick pay or paid vacation during health spa stays did not significantly reduce demand.

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“…The number of disability days was included in the demand equation to reflect patients' health status. The effects of above-mentioned explanatory variables on health care demands are well understood because much research has been carried out on the theoretical determinants of the demand of health care [18,[21][22][23][24].…”

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confidence: 99%