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Health Care Reform and the Number of Doctor Visits An Econometric Analysis


Winkelmann, Rainer (2002). Health Care Reform and the Number of Doctor Visits An Econometric Analysis. Working paper series / Socioeconomic Institute No. 210, University of Zurich.

Abstract

The paper evaluates the German health care reform of 1997, using the individual number of doctor visits as outcome measure and data from the German Socio- Economic Panel for the years 1995-1999. A number of modified count data models allow to estimate the effect of the reform in different parts of the distribution. The overall effect of the reform was a 10 percent reduction in the number of doctor visits. The effect was much larger in the lower part of the distribution than in the upper part.

Abstract

The paper evaluates the German health care reform of 1997, using the individual number of doctor visits as outcome measure and data from the German Socio- Economic Panel for the years 1995-1999. A number of modified count data models allow to estimate the effect of the reform in different parts of the distribution. The overall effect of the reform was a 10 percent reduction in the number of doctor visits. The effect was much larger in the lower part of the distribution than in the upper part.

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Item Type:Working Paper
Communities & Collections:03 Faculty of Economics > Department of Economics
Working Paper Series > Socioeconomic Institute (former)
Dewey Decimal Classification:330 Economics
JEL Classification:I11, I18, C25
Language:English
Date:September 2002
Deposited On:29 Nov 2011 22:32
Last Modified:15 Sep 2022 05:41
Series Name:Working paper series / Socioeconomic Institute
OA Status:Green
Official URL:http://www.econ.uzh.ch/wp.html