A Panel Data Analysis of Hospital Variations in Length of Stay for Hip Replacements: Private Versus Public

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“…PHI lowers the effective cost of allied health services and private hospital care, inducing individuals to consume more of these services (Doiron & Kettlewell 2018;Kettlewell 2018;Meng et al 2017;Savage & Wright 2003). This could improve health status, if the marginal effect of this care is positive.…”

“…Cheng (2014) reached a similar conclusion. However, other papers have linked PHI to net increases in hospital use, measured as number of admissions and length of stay (Doiron & Kettlewell 2018;Lu & Savage 2006;Meng et al 2017). Doiron, Fiebig and Suziedelyte (2014) estimated the effect of PHI on the probability of receiving surgery in older residents of New South Wales.…”

“…Australian studies have found that individuals with PHI consume more health care overall (Meng et al 2017;Shmueli & Savage 2014), and more private health care in particular (Doiron & Kettlewell 2018;Lu & Savage 2006). The results in this thesis suggest that the marginal value of this additional health care, and the difference in quality between private and public care, are low.…”