Prevention and Private Health Insurance in the U.K.

摘要: This paper investigates empirically how different insurance plans affect individual behaviours in terms of prevention activities the U.K. The data come from British Household Panel Survey. We test if purchasing private health modifies probability exercising, undergoing regular check-ups and smoking. Based on both simple probits an IV strategy, our results suggest that, U.K., contracting does not lead to less prevention.