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Erscheinungsjahr: 
2015
Schriftenreihe/Nr.: 
SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research No. 741
Verlag: 
Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW), Berlin
Zusammenfassung: 
This paper empirically assesses the relative role of health plan prices, service quality and optional benefits in the decision to choose a health plan. We link representative German SOEP panel data from 2007 to 2010 to (i) health plan service quality indicators, (ii) measures of voluntary benefit provision on top of federally mandated benefits, and (iii) health plan prices for almost all German health plans. Mixed logit models incorporate a total of 1,700 health plan choices with more than 50 choice sets for each individual. The findings suggest that, compared to prices, health plan service quality and supplemental benefits play a minor role in making a health plan choice.
Schlagwörter: 
service quality
non-essential benefits
prices
health plan switching
German sickness funds
SOEP
JEL: 
D12
H51
I11
I13
I18
Dokumentart: 
Working Paper

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