Risk management and funding structures: an econometric panel data analysis of health insurance in Australia - ARC DP110100729
Funding: 2011: $284,462
2012: $197,320
2013: $175,292
Project Member(s): Savage, E.
Funding or Partner Organisation: Australian Research Council (ARC Discovery Projects)
Start year: 2011
Summary: This research analyses how subsidies to Australian health insurance, both public and private, vary by income, risk of loss, age and region. It will provide the necessary information to guide future health funding by analysing the equity and efficiency of existing subsidies and alternative subsidies related to individuals' risk of high health costs.
Publications:
Ellis, RP, Fiebig, DG, Johar, M, Jones, G & Savage, E 2013, 'EXPLAINING HEALTH CARE EXPENDITURE VARIATION: LARGE-SAMPLE EVIDENCE USING LINKED SURVEY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATIVE DATA', HEALTH ECONOMICS, vol. 22, no. 9, pp. 1093-1110.
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Johar, M & Savage, E 2013, 'Discovering unhealthiness: evidence from cluster analysis', ANNALS OF EPIDEMIOLOGY, vol. 23, no. 10, pp. 614-619.
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Suziedelyte, A & Johar, M 2013, 'Can you trust survey responses? Evidence using objective health measures', ECONOMICS LETTERS, vol. 121, no. 2, pp. 163-166.
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Johar, M, Jones, G & Savage, E 2012, 'Healthcare Expenditure Profile of Older Australians: Evidence from Linked Survey and Health Administrative Data', Economic Papers: A journal of applied economics and policy, vol. 31, no. 4, pp. 451-463.
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Keywords: public economics, equity and efficiency, risk based predictive modelling, health insurance, resource allocation.
FOR Codes: Panel Data Analysis, Public Economics- Publically Provided Goods, Cross-Sectional Analysis, Industry Costs and Structure, Microeconomic Effects of Taxation, Public economics - publicly provided goods, Cross-sectional analysis