Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/45454 
Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 1107
Publisher: 
Koç University-TÜSİAD Economic Research Forum (ERF), Istanbul
Abstract: 
We study the dependence of health insurance availability of near-elderly inpatients in the United States with respect to their ages. We show that the likelihood that near-elderly inpatients are uninsured continuously declines until the early ages of 60 but the trend is reversed for the last few years preceding Medicare coverage. In addition, compared to those covered by Medicaid or private insurance, the uninsured patients are more likely to be admitted into hospitals as emergency cases.
Subjects: 
health insurance
Medicare
JEL: 
I11
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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