Replication data for: Hospitals as Insurers of Last Resort
Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Craig Garthwaite; Tal Gross; Matthew J. Notowidigdo
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Project Citation:
Garthwaite, Craig, Gross, Tal, and Notowidigdo, Matthew J. Replication data for: Hospitals as Insurers of Last Resort. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2018. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/E113675V1
Project Description
Summary:
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American hospitals are required to provide emergency medical care to the uninsured. We use previously confidential hospital financial data to study the resulting uncompensated care, medical care for which no payment is received. Using both panel-data methods and case studies, we find that each additional uninsured person costs hospitals approximately $800 each year. Increases in the uninsured population also lower hospital profit margins, suggesting that hospitals do not pass along all uncompensated-care costs to other parties such as hospital employees or privately insured patients. A hospital's uncompensated-care costs also increase when a neighboring hospital closes.
Scope of Project
JEL Classification:
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G22 Insurance; Insurance Companies; Actuarial Studies
I11 Analysis of Health Care Markets
I13 Health Insurance, Public and Private
L25 Firm Performance: Size, Diversification, and Scope
G22 Insurance; Insurance Companies; Actuarial Studies
I11 Analysis of Health Care Markets
I13 Health Insurance, Public and Private
L25 Firm Performance: Size, Diversification, and Scope
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