dc.creator | Duarte Vásquez, Fabian | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-05-08T19:43:23Z | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-04-26T01:14:22Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-05-08T19:43:23Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-04-26T01:14:22Z | |
dc.date.created | 2017-05-08T19:43:23Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2012 | |
dc.identifier | Journal of Health Economics Volume 31, Issue 6, December 2012, Pages 824–841 | |
dc.identifier | 0167-6296 | |
dc.identifier | 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2012.07.002 | |
dc.identifier | http://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/143878 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/2447953 | |
dc.description.abstract | Policymakers in countries around the world are faced with rising health care costs and are debating
ways to reform health care to reduce expenditures. Estimates of price elasticity of expenditure are a key
component for predicting expenditures under alternative policies. Using unique individual-level data
compiled from administrative records from the Chilean private health insurance market, I estimate the
price elasticity of expenditures across a variety of health care services. Ifind elasticities that range between
zero for the most acute service (appendectomy) and −2.08 for the most elective (psychologist visit).
Moreover, the results show that at least one third of the elasticity is explained by the number of visits;
the restis explained by the intensity of each visit. Finally, I find that high-income individuals are five times
more price sensitive than low-income individuals and that older individuals are less price-sensitive than
young individuals. | |
dc.language | en | |
dc.publisher | Elsevier Science publishes | |
dc.rights | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/cl/ | |
dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Chile | |
dc.source | Journal of Health Economics | |
dc.subject | Elasticity | |
dc.subject | Health economics | |
dc.subject | Health expenditures | |
dc.subject | Consumer behavior | |
dc.subject | Moral hazard | |
dc.title | Price Elasticity of Expenditure across Health Care Services | |
dc.type | Artículos de revistas | |