The Impact of Private Hospital Insurance on Utilization of Hospital Care in Australia: Evidence from the National Health Survey
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- Damien Eldridge & Catagay Koc & Ilke Onur & Malathi Velamuri, 2011. "The Impact of Private Hospital Insurance on Utilization of Hospital Care in Australia: Evidence from the National Health Survey," Working Papers 2011.01, School of Economics, La Trobe University, revised Jan 2011.
- Eldridge, Damien & Koç, Cagatay & Onur, Ilke & Velamuri, Malathi, 2011. "The impact of private hospital insurance on utilization of hospital care in Australia: Evidence from the national health survey," Working Paper Series 1674, Victoria University of Wellington, School of Economics and Finance.
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Health Insurance; Health Care Consumption; Moral Hazard;All these keywords.
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- I11 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Analysis of Health Care Markets
- I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
- C35 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Discrete Regression and Qualitative Choice Models; Discrete Regressors; Proportions
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