A Note on Health Care Inflation

Usha Nair-Reichert and Richard Cebula ()

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Abstract: This study seeks to identify the key factors that influence the inflation rate of health care services. The time series analysis covers the period from 1960-1994. The results provide insights into both demand-side and supply-side determinants of this inflation rate. The health care inflation rate is found to be an increasing function of the over age 65 population, malpractice insurance premiums, and the frequency of high-tech testing, while being a decreasing function of the number of physicians per 100,000 population.

Keywords: health care inflation; inflation; testing; senior population; malpractice insurance premiums (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E31 H49 I11 I13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1998-03-16
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Published in Journal of Economics and Finance 3.23(1999): pp. 193-198

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