Premium subsidies and demand for private health insurance: results from a regression discontinuity design

被引：11

作者：

Kettlewell, Nathan ^{[1
]}

Stavrunova, Olena ^{[2
]}

Yerokhin, Oleg ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] Univ New South Wales, Sch Econ, Sydney, NSW, Australia

[2] Univ Technol Sydney, UTS Business Sch, Econ Discipline Grp, Sydney, NSW, Australia

[3] Univ Wollongong, Sch Accounting Econ & Finance, Wollongong, NSW, Australia

来源：

APPLIED ECONOMICS LETTERS | 2018年 / 25卷 / 02期

关键词：

Private health insurance; subsidy; regression discontinuity design; EXPENDITURE; SELECTION; COVERAGE;

D O I：

10.1080/13504851.2017.1299094

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

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 70years. 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.

引用

页码：96 / 101

页数：6

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