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Farbmacher, Helmut ORCID: 0000-0002-3789-7742, Ihle, Peter, Schubert, Ingrid, Winter, Joachim ORCID: 0000-0003-2460-619X and Wuppermann, Amelie (2017). Heterogeneous Effects of a Nonlinear Price Schedule for Outpatient Care. Health Econ., 26 (10). S. 1234 - 1249. HOBOKEN: WILEY. ISSN 1099-1050

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Abstract

Nonlinear price schedules generally have heterogeneous effects on health-care demand. We develop and apply a finite mixture bivariate probit model to analyze whether there are heterogeneous reactions to the introduction of a nonlinear price schedule in the German statutory health insurance system. In administrative insurance claims data from the largest German health insurance plan, we find that some individuals strongly react to the new price schedule while a second group of individuals does not react. Post-estimation analyses reveal that the group of the individuals who do not react to the reform includes the relatively sick. These results are in line with forward-looking behavior: Individuals who are already sick expect that they will hit the kink in the price schedule and thus are less sensitive to the co-payment. Copyright (c) 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Farbmacher, Helmut UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-3789-7742 UNSPECIFIED Ihle, Peter UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Schubert, Ingrid UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Winter, Joachim UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0003-2460-619X UNSPECIFIED Wuppermann, Amelie UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-217039
DOI:	10.1002/hec.3395
Journal or Publication Title:	Health Econ.
Volume:	26
Number:	10
Page Range:	S. 1234 - 1249
Date:	2017
Publisher:	WILEY
Place of Publication:	HOBOKEN
ISSN:	1099-1050
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language HEALTH-CARE; LATENT CLASS; MEDICAL-CARE; DEMAND; DEDUCTIBLES; SERVICES; MODELS; NUMBER Multiple languages Economics; Health Care Sciences & Services; Health Policy & Services Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/21703