Estimating Price Elasticities of Convalescent Care Programmes
利用1997年德国法定医保每日共付额从6欧元翻倍至13欧元的政策变化，首次估算了康复护理项目的需求价格弹性，发现预防性疗养需求弹性小于-1，而预防工作残疾的康复项目弹性约为-0.3。
This study is the first to estimate price elasticities of demand for convalescent care programmes. In 1997, the German legislature more than doubled the daily co-payments for the publicly insured from €6 to €13. The measure caused the overall demand for convalescent care treatments to fall by 20 to 25%. I estimate the price elasticity for medical rehabilitation programmes aimed at preventing work disability to be about - 0.3, whereas the elasticity for medical rehabilitation programmes for recovery from accidents at work lies around - 0.5. The demand for preventive treatment at health spas is elastic and less than - 1. Copyright © The Author(s). Journal compilation © Royal Economic Society 2010.