Health Policy and Management (보건행정학회지)

Korean Academy of Health Policy and Management (한국보건행정학회)
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Effects of Supplemental Insurance on Health Care Utilization and Expenditures among Cancer Patients in Korea

암 보험이 암 환자의 의료이용 및 의료비에 미친 영향

  • Kang, Sung-Wook (Samsung Healthcare Management Research Institute) ;
  • Kwon, Young-Dae (The Department of Social Medicine, Sung Kyun Kwan University College of Medicine) ;
  • You, Chang-Hoon (Samsung Healthcare Management Research Institute)
  • Published : 2005.12.01
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Abstract

This study examines the effects of supplemental insurance on health care utilization and expenditures among cancer patients, who were hospitalized in a general hospital in Korea 2003. We find that those who purchase the supplemental insurance in addition to the social health insurance use more health care services and pay more than those who do not, suggesting insurance effects. This paper, however, cannot distinguish the moral effects of the health insurance from the selection effects due to adverse selection.

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