Health Policy Manag.
2015 Sep;25(3):152-161. 10.4332/KJHPA.2015.25.3.152.
A Panel Study on the Effect of Obesity and the Chronic Diseases on the Health Care Expenditures
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- 1Healthcare Data Analysis Division, Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service, Seoul, Korea.
- 2Department of Economics, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea. jinsakong@hanmail.net
- KMID: 2165247
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.4332/KJHPA.2015.25.3.152
Abstract
- We analyze the determinants of obesity and the chronic diseases using the Korea Health Panel data. Also we analyze the effect of obesity and the chronic diseases on the health care expenditures. Through this study, to reduce the health care expenditures, we suggest the policy implication that might curb the obesity and the chronic diseases. We estimate the determinants of obesity, the chronic diseases, and the health care expenditures using 2SLS (two stage least squares) estimation method under the simultaneous equations framework. Result says that obesity and chronic diseases significantly have positive effects on the health care expenditures. Also the determinants of the health care expenditures that have positive effects are age, income and health care utilization variables.
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