Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5100777 | Journal of Health Economics | 2017 | 17 Pages |
Abstract
This study investigates the impact of and behavioral responses to cost sharing in Korea's National Cancer Screening Program, which provides free stomach and breast cancer screenings to those with an income below a certain cutoff. Free cancer screening substantially increases the screening take up rate, yielding more cancer detections. However, the increase in cancer detection is quickly crowded out by cancer detection through other channels such as diagnostic testing and private cancer screening. Further, compliers are much less likely to have cancer than never takers. Crowd-out and selection help explain why the program has been unable to reduce cancer mortality.
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Authors
Hyuncheol Bryant Kim, Sun-mi Lee,