American Economic Journal:
Economic Policy
ISSN 1945-7731 (Print) | ISSN 1945-774X (Online)
The Doctor Might See You Now: The Supply Side Effects of Public Health Insurance Expansions
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy
vol. 4,
no. 3, August 2012
(pp. 190–215)
Abstract
In the United States, public health insurance programs cover over 90 million individuals. Expansions of these programs, such as the recently passed Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), may have large effects on physician behavior. This study finds that following the implementation of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), physicians decreased the number of hours spent with patients, but increased their program participation. Suggestive evidence shows that this decrease resulted from shorter office visits. These findings are consistent with the predictions from a mixed-economy model of physician behavior and provide evidence of crowd out resulting from the creation of SCHIP. (JEL H75, I11, I13, I18)Citation
Garthwaite, Craig L. 2012. "The Doctor Might See You Now: The Supply Side Effects of Public Health Insurance Expansions." American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 4 (3): 190–215. DOI: 10.1257/pol.4.3.190Additional Materials
JEL Classification
- H75 State and Local Government: Health; Education; Welfare; Public Pensions
- I11 Analysis of Health Care Markets
- I13 Health Insurance, Public and Private
- I18 Health: Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
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