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Health Econ
; 24(7): 840-58, 2015 Jul.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-24890257
RESUMO
We evaluate the impact of dental insurance on the use of dental services using a potential outcomes identification framework designed to handle uncertainty created by unknown counterfactuals-that is, the endogenous selection problem-and uncertainty about the reliability of self-reported insurance status. Using data from the health and retirement study, we estimate that utilization rates of adults older than 50 years would increase from 75% to around 80% under universal dental coverage.