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Voluntary private health insurance, health-related behaviours and health outcomes: evidence from Russia

A. Aistov, E. Aleksandrova, C. Gerry,
2020

This paper contributes to the discussion around ex-post (increased utilisation of health care) and ex-ante (changes in health behaviours) moral hazard in supplemental private health insurance. Applying a range of methodologies to data from the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey—Higher School of Economics we exploit a selection mechanism in the data to compare the impact of workplace provided and individually purchased supplemental health insurance on the utilisation of health care, on a range of health behaviours and on self-assessed health. We find compelling policy-relevant evidence of ex-post moral hazard that confirms a theoretical prediction and empirical regularity found in other settings. In contrast to other empirical findings though, our data reveals evidence of ex-ante moral hazard demonstrated by clear behavioural differences between those with self-funded supplemental health insurance and those for whom the workplace finances the additional insurance. We find no evidence that either form of insurance is related to improved self-assessed health.

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  • A. Aistov
    National Research University Higher School of Economics, Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Federation, Centre for Health Economics, Management, and Policy, National Research University Higher School of Economics, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
  • E. Aleksandrova
    Centre for Health Economics, Management, and Policy, National Research University Higher School of Economics, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
  • C. Gerry
    Oxford School of Global and Area Studies, University of Oxford, Oxford, England, Centre for Health Economics, Management, and Policy, National Research University Higher School of Economics, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
Название журнала
  • The European Journal of Health Economics
Том
  • 22
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  • 2
Страницы
  • 281-309
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  • Springer Nature
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  • journal article
Тип лицензии Creative Commons
  • CC BY
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