Arbeitspapier

Prioritization, risk selection, and illness severity in a mixed health care system

We study the link between illness severity and the use of public health care services by the privately insured under a public health system. Our theoretical model shows that this relationship will depend on the prioritization established by the public health authorities, the cost of waiting and the private sector's risk selection behavior. In our empirical exercise, based on the British Household Panel Survey data, we find the consistent pattern that both the most severe cases and the least severe cases are more likely to be treated under the public system, leading to a U-shaped relationship between severity and public use. As our theoretical model points out, this is not necessarily a consequence of risk selection by private health providers, but it could be just a consequence of prioritization by the public sector.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: IFS Working Paper ; No. W22/21

Classification
Wirtschaft
Subject
Gesundheitsrisiko
Morbidität
Private Krankenversicherung
Patienten
Risikopräferenz
Gesundheitswesen
Gesundheitskosten
Schätzung
Großbritannien

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Olivella, Pau
Vera-Hernández, Marcos
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)
(where)
London
(when)
2022

DOI
doi:10.1920/wp.ifs.2022.2122
Handle
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Object type

  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Olivella, Pau
  • Vera-Hernández, Marcos
  • Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)

Time of origin

  • 2022

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