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http://dx.doi.org/10.12811/kshsm.2014.8.2.101

The Effect of Private Health Insurance on Health Care Utilization: Evidence from Korea Health Panel (2008~2010)  

You, Chang-Hoon (International Institute of Health)
Kang, Sung-Wook (Department of Public Health, Daegu Haany University)
Choi, Ji-Heon (International Institute of Health)
Oh, Eun-Hwan (Department of Health Management, Hyupsung University)
Kwon, Young-Dae (Department of Humanities and Social Medicine, College of Medicine and Catholic Institute for Healthcare Management, the Catholic University of Korea)
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The Korean Journal of Health Service Management / v.8, no.2, 2014 , pp. 101-113 More about this Journal
Abstract
This paper examined the effects of private health insurance(PHI) on the health care utilization among the Korean. The used data was the three waves of Korea Health Panel (2008, 2009, 2010), and the number of subjects was 13,951 persons. Authors employed two-stage least square panel model where the instrument variables for controlling for endogeneity of PHI were number of insurance planner per 100,000 in resident area and whether subject worked on financial profession. The results showed that healthcare expenditure of outpatients who purchasing PHI was higher than that of outpatients without PHI, and there was no difference in admission between the two groups. This article recommended the Korean government to monitor the effects of PHI on the health care utilization in order to improve the efficiency of health care finance.
Keywords
Private Health Insurance; Physician Visit; Admission; Panel Regression; Endogeneity;
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