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Using administrative data to look at changes in the level and distribution of out-of-pocket medical expenditure: An example using Medicare data from Australia

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  • Hua, Xinyang
  • Erreygers, Guido
  • Chalmers, John
  • Laba, Tracey-Lea
  • Clarke, Philip

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Australia’s universal health insurance system Medicare generates very large amounts of data on out-of-pocket expenditure (OOPE), but only highly aggregated statistics are routinely published. Our primary purpose is to develop indices from the Medicare administrative data to quantify changes in the level and distribution of OOPE on out-of-hospital medical services over time.

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  • Hua, Xinyang & Erreygers, Guido & Chalmers, John & Laba, Tracey-Lea & Clarke, Philip, 2017. "Using administrative data to look at changes in the level and distribution of out-of-pocket medical expenditure: An example using Medicare data from Australia," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 121(4), pages 426-433.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:hepoli:v:121:y:2017:i:4:p:426-433
    DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2017.02.003
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