An econometric model of health care demand with nonlinear pricing

Johannes S. Kunz; Rainer Winkelmann

doi:10.1002/hec.3343

An econometric model of health care demand with nonlinear pricing

Johannes S. Kunz, Rainer Winkelmann

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Abstract

From 2004 to 2012, the German social health insurance levied a co-payment for the first doctor visit in a calendar quarter. We develop a new model for estimating the effect of such a co-payment on the individual number of visits per quarter. The model combines a one-time increase in the otherwise constant hazard rate determining the timing of doctor visits with a difference-in-differences strategy to identify the reform effect. An extended version of the model accounts for a mismatch between reporting period and calendar quarter. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we do not find an effect of the co-payment on demand for doctor visits.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	691-702
Number of pages	12
Journal	Health Economics
Volume	26
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.3343
Publication status	Published - Jun 2017
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

co-payment
count data
hurdle model
Poisson process

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