MPC Member Publications

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Title: Taking up or turning down: new estimates of household demand for employer-sponsored health insurance.

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2010

ISSN: 0046-9580

DOI: 10.5034/inquiryjrnl_47.01.17

PMID: 20464952

Abstract: This study provides new estimates of demand for employer-sponsored health insurance, using the 1997-2001 linked Household Component-Insurance Component of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS). Our focus is on households' decisions to take up coverage through a worker's employer. We found a significant inverse relationship between the out-of-pocket premium and the probability of taking up coverage, with the price effect considerably larger when we used instrumental variables methods to account for endogenous out-of-pocket premiums. Additionally, workers in families with more children eligible for Medicaid were less likely to take up coverage.

Url: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20464952

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Authors: Abraham, Jean Marie; Feldman, Roger

Periodical (Full): Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financing

Issue: 1

Volume: 47

Pages: 17-32

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