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dc.contributor.authorAugurzky, Borisen
dc.contributor.authorBauer, Thomas K.en
dc.contributor.authorSchaffner, Sandraen
dc.date.accessioned2009-01-28T15:48:51Z-
dc.date.available2009-01-28T15:48:51Z-
dc.date.issued2006-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/18594-
dc.description.abstractThis paper examines the effect of copayments on doctor visits using the German health care reform of 2004 as a natural experiment. In January 2004, copayments of 10 euros for the first doctor visit in each quarter have been introduced for all adults in the statutory health insurance. Individuals covered by private health insurance as well as youths have been exempted from these copayments. We use them as control groups in a difference-in-differences approach to identify the causal impact of these copayments on doctor visits. In contrast to expectations and public opinion our results indicate that there are no statistically significant effects of the copayments on the decision of visiting a doctor.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aRheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (RWI) |cEssenen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aRWI Discussion Papers |x43en
dc.subject.jelI18en
dc.subject.jelI11en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordCopaymenten
dc.subject.keyworddoctor visitsen
dc.subject.keyworddifference-in-differencesen
dc.subject.keywordfixed-effect logiten
dc.titleCopayments in the German Health System - Do They Work?-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn516356003en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen
dc.identifier.repecRePEc:zbw:rwidps:43en

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