Changing expenditure with changing health insurance status
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Insured in years 1 and 2 Insured in year 1 only Insured in year 2 only Uninsured in years 1 and 2
Probability (%) Year 1
Year 2
92.1 90.7 77.7 74.2
91.8 74.6 88.9 74.8
In an editorial accompanying the study, Giancarlo DiMassa and Jos´e J Escarce from the University of California, Los Angeles, US, contend that "uninsured persons differ from insured persons in a variety of measured and unmeasured ways".2 They conclude that this study suggests that "unobserved differences between insured and uninsured persons may not be terribly important". 1. Ward L, et al. Changes in health care expenditure associated with gaining or losing health insurance. Annals of Internal Medicine 146: 768-774, No. 11, 5 Jun 2007. 2. DiMassa G, et al. Insurance and health care expenditures: what’s the real question? Annals of Internal Medicine 146: 814-815, No. 11, 5 Jun 2007. 801069686
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PharmacoEconomics & Outcomes News 28 Jul 2007 No. 533
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