Effects of Supplemental Insurance on Health Care Utilization and Expenditures among Cancer Patients in Korea
Year: 2005
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: This study examines the effects of supplemental insurance on health care utilization and expenditures among cancer patients, who were hospitalized in a general hospital in Korea 2003. We find that those who purchase the supplemental insurance in addition to the social health insurance use more health care services and pay more than those who do not, suggesting insurance effects. This paper, however, cannot distinguish the moral effects of the health insurance from the selection effects due to adverse selection.
Source: Health Policy and Management
Language: English
Subfield: Economics and Econometrics
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W87744047