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.
- 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.
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Health Insurance; Health Care Consumption; Moral Hazard;JEL classification:
- 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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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ALL-2011-08-09 (All new papers)
- NEP-CTA-2011-08-09 (Contract Theory & Applications)
- NEP-HEA-2011-08-09 (Health Economics)
- NEP-IAS-2011-08-09 (Insurance Economics)
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