To what extent does employer-paid health insurance reduce the use of public hospitals?

Rikke Søgaard, Morten Saaby and Mickael Bech

Health Policy, 2013, vol. 113, issue 1, 61-68

Abstract: This study examines the extent to which employer-paid health insurance has led to substitution of public with private hospital use in Denmark.

Keywords: National Health Service; Private health insurance; Policy evaluation; Danish health care system; Propensity score matching (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2013.06.002

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