The selection of an appropriate count data model for modelling health insurance and health care demand: Case of Indonesia

Budi Hidayat; Subhash Pokhrel

doi:10.3390/ijerph7010009

The selection of an appropriate count data model for modelling health insurance and health care demand: Case of Indonesia

Budi Hidayat, Subhash Pokhrel

Department of Health Policy and Administration

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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
Pages (from-to)	9-27
Number of pages	19
Journal	International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Volume	7
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph7010009
Publication status	Published - Jan 2010

Keywords

Count data models
Demand for health care
Endogeneity
Health insurance

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