Health insurance and ex ante moral hazard: Evidence from Medicare

International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 367-390

  Dave, Dhaval ^a,b   Kaestner, Robert ^c  

^a BENTLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Health behavior; Insurance; Moral hazard

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ETHICS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; MORALITY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; SEX DIFFERENCE; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MORALS; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70549098824     PISSN: 13896563     EISSN: 15736962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10754-009-9056-4     Document Type: Article

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