The Effect of Health Insurance on Health Care Utilization: Evidence from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey 2000-2005

This paper exploits the fact that insurance eligibility in the United States changes abruptly at age 65 due to universal coverage provided by Medicare. In that way, we adopt a regression discontinuity design to analyze the effect of health insurance coverage on health care access and utilization. Th...

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Main Author:	Beuermann, Diether W.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	EN
Published:	2012
Subjects:	Analysis of Health Care Markets I110 Health: Government Policy Regulation Public Health I180 Economics of the Elderly Economics of the Handicapped Non-labor Market Discrimination J140
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5418

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spelling	okr-10986-54182021-04-23T14:02:22Z The Effect of Health Insurance on Health Care Utilization: Evidence from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey 2000-2005 Beuermann, Diether W. Analysis of Health Care Markets I110 Health: Government Policy Regulation Public Health I180 Economics of the Elderly Economics of the Handicapped Non-labor Market Discrimination J140 This paper exploits the fact that insurance eligibility in the United States changes abruptly at age 65 due to universal coverage provided by Medicare. In that way, we adopt a regression discontinuity design to analyze the effect of health insurance coverage on health care access and utilization. The main findings suggest that groups with lower pre-65 coverage gain higher increases in the probability of being insured at 65. For instance, less educated persons (less likely to have pre-65 health insurance) appear to increase their likelihood of being insured at age 65 by more than their more highly educated counterparts. Furthermore, this increased insurance coverage appears to be associated with reductions in intergroup disparities in health care access. Therefore, the findings suggest that insurance matters in order to access health care services in a way that could potentially reduce inequalities between different ethnic groups. 2012-03-30T07:32:44Z 2012-03-30T07:32:44Z 2010 Journal Article Journal of CENTRUM Cathedra 18516599 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5418 EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article
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description	This paper exploits the fact that insurance eligibility in the United States changes abruptly at age 65 due to universal coverage provided by Medicare. In that way, we adopt a regression discontinuity design to analyze the effect of health insurance coverage on health care access and utilization. The main findings suggest that groups with lower pre-65 coverage gain higher increases in the probability of being insured at 65. For instance, less educated persons (less likely to have pre-65 health insurance) appear to increase their likelihood of being insured at age 65 by more than their more highly educated counterparts. Furthermore, this increased insurance coverage appears to be associated with reductions in intergroup disparities in health care access. Therefore, the findings suggest that insurance matters in order to access health care services in a way that could potentially reduce inequalities between different ethnic groups.
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author	Beuermann, Diether W.
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title	The Effect of Health Insurance on Health Care Utilization: Evidence from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey 2000-2005
title_short	The Effect of Health Insurance on Health Care Utilization: Evidence from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey 2000-2005
title_full	The Effect of Health Insurance on Health Care Utilization: Evidence from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey 2000-2005
title_fullStr	The Effect of Health Insurance on Health Care Utilization: Evidence from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey 2000-2005
title_full_unstemmed	The Effect of Health Insurance on Health Care Utilization: Evidence from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey 2000-2005
title_sort	effect of health insurance on health care utilization: evidence from the medical expenditure panel survey 2000-2005
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The Effect of Health Insurance on Health Care Utilization: Evidence from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey 2000-2005

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