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Doctors’ fees in Ireland following the change in reimbursement : did they jump
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Date Issued
2007
Date Available
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Abstract
This paper analyses the pure time-series properties of doctors’ fees in Ireland to assess whether a structural change in the series is observed at the time of the change in reimbursement in 1989. Such a break would be consistent with doctors responding to the reimbursement change in a manner predicted by supplier-induced-demand behaviour and would provide indirect evidence that such inducement had taken place. Structural change is assessed on the basis of CUSUM and CUSUMSQ tests. The data is also analysed for the presence of unusually influential observations. In neither case are the results consistent with a break around the time of the introduction of the change.
Type of Material
Journal Article
Publisher
Economic and Social Research Institute
Journal
Economic and Social Review
Volume
38
Issue
2
Start Page
259
End Page
274
Copyright (Published Version)
Copyright owned by Economic and Social Studies 2007
Subject – LCSH
Medical fees--Ireland
Medical policy--Ireland
Time-series analysis
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Language
English
Status of Item
Peer reviewed
ISSN
0012-9984
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