Health care demand elasticities by type of service

•We estimate within-year demand elasticities for 26 health care service categories.•We analyze 171 million person-months from 73 large employers from 2008-14.•Overall demand elasticity using backward myopic spot prices is -0.44.•Elasticities vary substantially from -0.02 for prevention to -0.44 for...

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Vydané v:	Journal of health economics Ročník 55; s. 232 - 243
Hlavní autori:	Ellis, Randall P., Martins, Bruno, Zhu, Wenjia
Médium:	Journal Article
Jazyk:	English
Vydavateľské údaje:	Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.09.2017 Elsevier Sequoia S.A
Predmet:	Adolescent Adult Child Child, Preschool Children Companies Consumers Cost sharing Cost Sharing - statistics & numerical data Demand Drug abuse Dynamic demand for health care Elasticity Elasticity of demand Emergency medical care Emergency medical services Emergency response Employers Health Benefit Plans, Employee - economics Health Benefit Plans, Employee - statistics & numerical data Health care Health care industry Health economics Health Expenditures - statistics & numerical data Health services Health Services - statistics & numerical data Health Services Needs and Demand - economics Health Services Needs and Demand - statistics & numerical data High deductible health plans Humans Infant, Newborn Mental health Mental health services Middle Aged Myopic expectations Prescription drugs Price elasticity Prices Specialists Specification Substance abuse United States Young Adult C21 D12 Cost sharing I11 Elasticity High deductible health plans Dynamic demand for health care Myopic expectations
ISSN:	0167-6296, 1879-1646, 1879-1646
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