講者：楊子霆博士(中央研究院經濟研究所)

講者資訊：http://www.econ.sinica.edu.tw/content/researcher/contents/2013090215151963125/?MSID=2015080414375062991

題目：Patient Cost Sharing and Healthcare Utilization in Early Childhood: Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Design

時間：2017年06月16日（五）13：20–16：20

地點：管理學院 一號館203室

報名網址： https://goo.gl/forms/MdVDrTKjY8SiGd103

摘要：

This paper exploits longitudinal insurance claims data and a cost-sharing subsidy that has exempted co-payment and coinsurance of healthcare services for children under the age of 3 in Taiwan. We use a regression discontinuity design to estimate its effect on children's healthcare utilization. Our results show that cost-sharing subsidy significantly increases the utilization of outpatient care, especially low-value care at high-cost hospitals. In contrast, the utilization of inpatient care is price insensitive. Finally, we find that a lower level of cost-sharing has little impact on children's health.