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The effects of patient cost‐sharing on adolescents' healthcare utilization and financial risk protection: Evidence from South Korea.

We examine the effects of patient cost‐sharing on adolescents' healthcare utilization and out‐of‐pocket medical expenditures by exploiting the healthcare reform in South Korea that lowered the coinsurance rate for inpatient care from 20% to 5% for children under 16. We apply a difference‐in‐regressi...

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Published in:Economic Inquiry Vol. 62; no. 3; pp. 1009 - 1024
Main Authors: Kim, Seonghoon, Koh, Kanghyock, Lyou, Wonjun
Format: Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Jul2024
Subjects:
South Korea
Medical care costs
Teenagers
Health care reform
Financial risk
Inpatient care
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