The impact of copayments on mental healthcare utilization: a natural experiment
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Health insurance; Cost sharing; Copayments; Healthcare utilization; Mental healthcare; Natural experiment;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D12 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
- I13 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Insurance, Public and Private
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