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Preventive Care And Insurance Coverage

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  • STEPHAN F. GOHMANN

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This article examines how having a choice of health plans, HMO enrollment, and health status affect the use of preventive services. For preventive services use, HMO enrollment is endogenous for workers with a choice of plans, but is exogenous for workers who do not have a choice. Relative to a model that ignores the effect of a choice of plans, the effect of HMO enrollment on the use of preventive treatments is reduced. Individuals who do not have a choice of plans but are enrolled in HMOs are more likely to use preventive services than are individuals who choose HMOs. (JEL I10, I11, I12)

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  • Stephan F. Gohmann, 2005. "Preventive Care And Insurance Coverage," Contemporary Economic Policy, Western Economic Association International, vol. 23(4), pages 513-528, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:coecpo:v:23:y:2005:i:4:p:513-528
    DOI: 10.1093/cep/byi038
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    JEL classification:

    • I10 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - General
    • I11 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Analysis of Health Care Markets
    • I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Behavior

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