Health Insurance, Medical Care, and Health Outcomes: A Model of Elderly Health Dynamics.

Prescription drug coverage creates a change in medical care consumption, beyond standard moral hazard, arising both from the differential cost-sharing and the relative effectiveness of different types of care. We model the dynamic supplemental health insurance decisions of Medicare beneficiaries, th...

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Published in:	Journal of Human Resources Vol. 44; no. 1; pp. 47 - 115
Main Authors:	Yang, Zhou, Gilleskie, Donna B., Norton, Edward C.
Format:	Article
Published:	University of Wisconsin Press Winter2009
Subjects:	Medicare Part D Mathematical models Medical care costs Moral hazard
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost