Health care utilization at retirement: The role of the opportunity cost of time

We investigate the causal impact of retirement on health care utilization using SHARE data for 10 European countries. We show that the number of doctor's visits and the probability of visiting a doctor more than four times a year (our measures of health care utilization) increase after retireme...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Health economics 2018-12, Vol.27 (12), p.2030-2050
Hauptverfasser:	Lucifora, Claudio, Vigani, Daria
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	health Health care health care utilization Health economics Health services utilization Help seeking behavior Opportunity costs Retirement Time use
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