Premium subsidies and demand for private health insurance: results from a regression discontinuity design
| Autor: | Nathan Kettlewell, Oleg Yerokhin, Olena Stavrunova |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Economics and Econometrics
Actuarial science Exploit Public economics Economics business.industry 030503 health policy & services 05 social sciences Context (language use) Subsidy 03 medical and health sciences 0502 economics and business Health care Regression discontinuity design Health insurance 050207 economics 0305 other medical science business Finance |
| Zdroj: | Applied Economics Letters. 25:96-101 |
| ISSN: | 1466-4291 1350-4851 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/13504851.2017.1299094 |
| Popis: | © 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This article investigates the impact of a private health insurance (PHI) subsidy on the demand for PHI in the context of the Australian health care system. In particular, we focus on the subpopulation of elderly Australians and exploit discontinuous increases to the universal ‘PHI rebate’ that occur when people turn 65 and 70 years. Using a regression discontinuity design, we find the policy has little effect on take-up of PHI and is best interpreted as a wealth transfer to elderly Australians who already have insurance. |
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