期刊論文
| 學年 | 109 |
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| 學期 | 1 |
| 出版（發表）日期 | 2020-08-01 |
| 作品名稱 | Patient Cost-Sharing and Healthcare Utilization in Early Childhood: Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Design |
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| 著者 | Hsing-Wen Han; Hsien-Ming Lien; Tzu-Ting Yang |
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| 著錄名稱、卷期、頁數 | American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 12(3), p.238-278 |
| 摘要 | This paper estimates the price elasticity of healthcare utilization in early childhood. We employ regression discontinuity design by exploiting a subsidy that reduces patient cost-sharing for children aged under 3 in Taiwan. Using longitudinal medical claims of over 410,000 children, we find a modest price elasticity of outpatient expenditure (e.g. -0.12 for regular outpatient care). Furthermore, cost-sharing subsidy largely increases the chance of visiting expensive healthcare providers (e.g. teaching hospitals) for minor illnesses. In contrast, children’s utilization of inpatient care is price insensitive. Finally, we find no evidence that subsidy-induced healthcare utilization improves children’s health outcome. |
| 關鍵字 | Patient cost sharing;Early childhood |
| 語言 | en |
| ISSN | 1945-7731; 1945-774X |
| 期刊性質 | 國外 |
| 收錄於 | SSCI |
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| 審稿制度 | 是 |
| 國別 | USA |
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| 出版型式 | ,電子版,紙本 |
| 相關連結 |
機構典藏連結 ( http://tkuir.lib.tku.edu.tw:8080/dspace/handle/987654321/116989 ) |