Abstract
We apply several estimators to Indonesian household data to estimate the relationship between health insurance and the number of outpatient visits to public and private providers. Once endogeneity of insurance is taken into account, there is a 63 percent increase in the average number of public visits by the beneficiaries of mandatory insurance for civil servants. Individuals' decisions to make first contact with private providers is affected by private insurance membership. However, insurance status does not make any difference for the number of future outpatient visits.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 9-27 |
| Number of pages | 19 |
| Journal | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Jan 2010 |
Keywords
- Count data models
- Demand for health care
- Endogeneity
- Health insurance
