Activity day:2017-06-16
Published At:2017-06-16
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2017-06-16 updated
講者:楊子霆博士(中央研究院經濟研究所)
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. |