Incentives in obesity and health insurance.
Health insurance is widely regarded as essential for financing the production of good health, but is insurance always beneficial for our health? Ex ante moral hazard may induce individuals with insurance to engage in behaviors that they otherwise would not undertake in the absence of insurance. Usin...
| Publicado en: | Inquiry (00469580) Vol. 46; no. 4; pp. 418 - 433 |
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| Formato: | equations & formulas research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Sage Publications Inc.
Winter2009
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