Seminar "Did patient cost sharing for mental health care in the Netherlands reduce employment?"

Time: 13:00-14:00 uur
Location: CPB-kantoor, Bezuidenhoutseweg 30, Den Haag, zaal 3, Braamzaal

Presentation: (DNB) Olivier Labe (BNG) en Jeroen Lammers (VNO-NCW)

Discussant: Minke Remmerswaal

Language: English

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Abstract:  In 2012, the Dutch government introduced a fixed access fee for specialist mental health services (SMHS) of €200. Subsequently, the annual number of treated patients declined sharply and persistently by 95,000, or 16.4 percent. In this project, we will estimate the effect of SMHS use on a wide variety of indicators of social functioning.

I will present preliminary estimates of the effect of treatment continuation on employment for individuals who are in SMHS treatment and face the decision whether to continue or end treatment. Using the timing of SMHS treatment initiation in the past—which unexpectedly determined the amount of out-of-pocket-costs for subsequent treatment continuation—as an instrumental variable for treatment continuation, we find a strong positive effect on employment.

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