Hospital utilization in mixed public-private system: evidence from Australian hospital data

Terence C. Cheng, Alfons Palangkaraya, Jongsay Yong

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Abstract

This article investigates whether patients who used a mixture of private and public hospital care have higher total hospital utilization than those who exclusively used either public or private hospital care. Using Australian hospital administrative data of heart disease patients, we found that those who used a mixture of private and public care had the highest total hospital utilization. Our findings are robust to how utilization is measured and endogeneity between utilization and hospital type choice.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)859-870
Number of pages12
JournalApplied Economics
Volume46
Issue number8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Mar 2014
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Australian hospital
  • health care
  • hospital utilization
  • public and private system

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