Measuring moral hazard and adverse selection by propensity scoring in the mixed health care economy of Hong Kong

Health Policy

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 24-35

  Wong, Irene O L ^a   Lindner, Michael J ^b   Cowling, Benjamin J ^a   Lau, Eric H Y ^a   Lo, Su Vui ^c   Leung, Gabriel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Food and Health Bureau   (China)

Author keywords

Health insurance; Health services; Hong Kong; Moral hazard

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EFFECT SIZE; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MORALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS, EMPLOYEE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HONG KONG; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; MORALS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL WELFARE;

EID: 77349094007     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2009.10.006     Document Type: Article

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