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The Effect of Private Health Insurance on Health Care Utilization: Evidence from Korea Health Panel (2008~2010)

민간의료보험이 의료 이용에 미치는 영향: 한국의료패널(2008-2010)을 이용한 Two-Stage 분석

  • You, Chang-Hoon (International Institute of Health) ;
  • Kang, Sung-Wook (Department of Public Health, Daegu Haany University) ;
  • Choi, Ji-Heon (International Institute of Health) ;
  • Oh, Eun-Hwan (Department of Health Management, Hyupsung University) ;
  • Kwon, Young-Dae (Department of Humanities and Social Medicine, College of Medicine and Catholic Institute for Healthcare Management, the Catholic University of Korea)
  • 유창훈 (지구촌보건의료연구소) ;
  • 강성욱 (대구한의대학교 보건학부) ;
  • 최지헌 (지구촌보건의료연구소) ;
  • 오은환 (협성대학교 보건관리학과) ;
  • 권영대 (가톨릭대학교 의과대학 인문사회의학과 및 의료경영연구소)
  • Received : 2014.04.25
  • Accepted : 2014.06.16
  • Published : 2014.06.30

Abstract

This paper examined the effects of private health insurance(PHI) on the health care utilization among the Korean. The used data was the three waves of Korea Health Panel (2008, 2009, 2010), and the number of subjects was 13,951 persons. Authors employed two-stage least square panel model where the instrument variables for controlling for endogeneity of PHI were number of insurance planner per 100,000 in resident area and whether subject worked on financial profession. The results showed that healthcare expenditure of outpatients who purchasing PHI was higher than that of outpatients without PHI, and there was no difference in admission between the two groups. This article recommended the Korean government to monitor the effects of PHI on the health care utilization in order to improve the efficiency of health care finance.

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