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The dependence of health insurance availability on years left before Medicare

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  • Ismail Saglam

    (Department of Economics, TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Ankara)

  • Esra Eren Bayindir
  • Mehmet Yigit Gurdal

Abstract

We study the dependence of health insurance availability of near-elderly inpatients in the United States with respect to their ages. We show that the likelihood that near-elderly inpatients are uninsured continuously declines until the early ages of 60 but the trend is reversed for the last few years preceding Medicare coverage. In addition, compared to those covered by Medicaid or private insurance, the uninsured patients are more likely to be admitted into hospitals as emergency cases.

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  • Ismail Saglam & Esra Eren Bayindir & Mehmet Yigit Gurdal, 2011. "The dependence of health insurance availability on years left before Medicare," Koç University-TUSIAD Economic Research Forum Working Papers 1107, Koc University-TUSIAD Economic Research Forum.
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    1. Van De Ven, Wynand P. M. M., 1987. "An econometric model for the simultaneous estimation of the demand for medical care and the demand for health insurance : A first approach," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 24(3), pages 299-303.
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    Keywords

    Health insurance; Medicare;

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    • I11 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Analysis of Health Care Markets

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