Analyzing the relationship between health insurance, health costs, and health care
utilization.
Introduction and summary
In this article, we provide an empirical analysis of the
determinants of whether an individual purchases health insurance
coverage.
We...
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Analyzing the relationship between health insurance, health costs, and health care
utilization.
Introduction and summary
In this article, we provide an empirical analysis of the
determinants of whether an individual purchases health insurance
coverage.
We describe the relationship between health insurance, health
costs, and health care utilization of the elderly, using data from the
Health and Retirement Survey and the Assets and Health Dynamics among
the Oldest Old.
We show how health costs and health care utilization
depend upon access to health insurance for individuals aged 50 and
older.
Given the public interest in extending health insurance coverage to
those who are currently uninsured, it seems worthwhile to better
understand why some people do not purchase health insurance.
For
example, 2000 Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore Noun 1.
Al Gore - Vice President of the
United States under Bill Clinton (born in 1948)
Albert Gore Jr.
, Gore advocated that
individuals age
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