Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
5060281 Economics Letters 2012 4 Pages PDF
Abstract
► We examine sources of advantageous selection in the private health insurance market. ► Actual individual health expenditure is used to measure health risk. ► Selection is driven by income and optimism about the future. ► Advantageous selection supports insurer profitability under community rating.
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Sources of advantageous selection: Evidence using actual health expenditure risk
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