insurance;
moral hazard;
second-best pricing;
demand for health care;
D O I:
10.1016/S0167-6296(96)00497-3
中图分类号:
F [经济];
学科分类号:
02 ;
摘要:
Choosing optimal health insurance coverage involves a trade-off between the gain from risk reduction and the deadweight loss from moral hazard. This paper examines this trade-off empirically by estimating both the demand for health insurance and the demand for health services. It relies on data from a randomized controlled trial of cost-sharing's effects on the use of health services and on the health status for a general, non-elderly population.