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SUBMITTER: Biro A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6116913 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
International journal of health economics and management 20160630 4
I conduct an empirical analysis of the relation between retirement and outpatient care use in Europe and the US, and investigate the potential driving factors of that. I link the empirical analysis to a theoretical model of medical care demand. I document that pensioners tend to visit a doctor with higher probability and more often than the rest of the 50+ population. Ceteris paribus, being retired implies 3-10 % more outpatient visits in Europe. The estimates are of similar magnitude in the US. ...[more]