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    Redistribution through social health insurance: evidence on citizen preferences

    The extent of social health insurance (SHI) and supplementary private insurance is frequently analyzed in public choice. Most of these analyses build on the model developed by Gouveia (1997), who defines the e...

    Christian Pfarr, Andreas Schmid in The European Journal of Health Economics (2016)

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    Attitudes of Germans towards distributive issues in the German health system

    Social health care systems are inevitably confronted with the scarcity of resources and the resulting distributional challenges. Since prioritization implies distributional effects, decisions regarding respect...

    Marlies Ahlert, Christian Pfarr in The European Journal of Health Economics (2016)

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    Reporting heterogeneity in self-assessed health among elderly Europeans

    Self-assessed health (SAH) is a frequently used measure of individuals’ health status. It is also prone to reporting heterogeneity. To control for reporting heterogeneity objective measures of true health need...

    Christian Pfarr, Andreas Schmid, Udo Schneider in Health Economics Review (2012)

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    I feel good! Gender differences and reporting heterogeneity in self-assessed health

    For empirical analysis and policy-oriented recommendations, the precise measurement of individual health or well-being is essential. The difficulty is that the answer may depend on individual reporting behavio...

    Udo Schneider, Christian Pfarr in The European Journal of Health Economics (2012)