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Cost-Sharing Design Matters: A Comparison of the Rebate and Deductible in Healthcare
Since 2006, the Dutch population has faced two different cost-sharing schemes in health insurance for curative care: a mandatory rebate of 255 euros in 2006 and 2007, and since 2008 a mandatory deductible. Using administrative data for the entire Dutch population, we compare the effect of both cost-sharing schemes on healthcare consumption between 2006 and 2013. →
Co-payments in long-term home care: do they affect the use of care?
We study the effect of a policy change in co-payments on the use of long-term home care in The Netherlands. The change increased co-payments for persons with considerable household financial assets. For identification we apply a difference-in-difference analysis with matched treatment and control groups. →
Toelichting middellangetermijn (mlt)-raming voor de Wmo / jeugd
Premium levels and demand response in health insurance: relative thinking and zero-price effects
In health care systems with a competitive health insurance market, governments or other sponsors (e.g. employers) often subsidize premiums to encourage enrolment. These subsidies are typically independent of plan choice leaving the absolute premium differences in place so as not to distort consumer choice of plan. →
Actualisatie Middellangetermijnverkenning 2018-2021
Deze CPB Notitie geeft een nadere actualisatie van de Middellangetermijnverkenning 2018-2021. De notitie beschrijft het economische en budgettaire beeld voor de periode 2018-2021 en geeft vervolgens een overzicht van de verschillen ten opzichte van de verkenning uit maart 2017. Belangrijke wijzigingen ten opzichte van de vorige verkenning vormen de hogere groei op korte termijn en het kwaliteitskader verpleeghuiszorg. →