Publication date: Available online 18 July 2016
Source:Health Policy
Author(s): Niklas Jakobsson, Mikael Svensson
ObjectiveThis paper analyzes how primary care physician visits are affected by the level of copayment in Sweden.Data SourceWe use data between the years 2003 to 2012 from 21 Swedish health care regions that have the mandate to set their own level of copayment. The copayment per visit varies between €10 and €20 for these years and regions.Study designOur strategy to identify the causal effect and deal with unobserved endogeneity of price changes on physician visits is based on a panel data model using fixed effects to control for region and time and regional-variation in time trends.Principal findingWe cannot reject that the copayment has no statistical or economic effect of significance, and we estimate the “zero effect” with very high precision.ConclusionIn a setting with sub-national regions with autonomy to set co-payments the results points to that the copayment is not an important predictor for the number of health care visits. The result is in line with some previous studies on European data where the range of copayments used tends to be relatively low.
from #AlexandrosSfakianakis via Alexandros G.Sfakianakis on Inoreader http://ift.tt/29QS3pK
via IFTTT
Εγγραφή σε:
Σχόλια ανάρτησης (Atom)
Δημοφιλείς αναρτήσεις
-
Publication date: Available online 4 January 2018 Source: European Journal of Radiology Author(s): Peiyao Zhang, Jing Wang, Qin Xu, Zhen...
-
Related Articles Anatomic parameters of the sacral lamina for osteosynthesis in transverse sacral fractures. Surg Radiol Anat....
-
Medicine by Alexandros G. Sfakianakis,Anapafseos 5... Medicine by Alexandros G. Sfakianakis,Anapafseos 5... Heralding change: The evolution ...
-
Background Hyperthyroidism is associated with increased thrombotic risk. As contact system activation through formation of neutrophil extrac...
-
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Dengue is a common arboviral disease, which uncommonly involves the brain. There has been a recent surge in dengu...
-
Abstract Purpose Investigate in patients with metastatic and/or irresectable colorectal cancer treated with systemic treatment with cape...
-
Publication date: January 2017 Source: The Journal of Emergency Medicine, Volume 52, Issue 1 Author(s): Patricia Michelle Troxell Klingen...
-
In rural Kenya, traditional and faith healers provide an alternative pathway to health care, including mental health care. However, not much...
-
2016-12-10T02-17-59Z Source: Indo American Journal of Pharmaceutical Research R. Santosh Kumar*, T. Naga Satya Yagnesh. Solid dispersio...
Δεν υπάρχουν σχόλια:
Δημοσίευση σχολίου