2022 Fiscal Year Annual Research Report
Population Aging, End-of-Life Medical Cost and Health Insurance Coverage Scheme
| Project/Area Number |
19K01670
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| Research Institution | The University of Tokyo |
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Principal Investigator |
Chen Stacey 東京大学, 大学院公共政策学連携研究部・教育部, 教授 (40785680)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
Hsu Minchung 政策研究大学院大学, 政策研究科, 准教授 (20467062)
chuang hongwei 国際大学, 国際経営学研究科, 准教授(移行) (70732551)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
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| Keywords | physician quality / information / network / social tie / communication / matching methods |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
The Journal of Labor Economics has accepted our paper. We find that physician-patients use less surgery, radiation, or checkups but more targeted therapy and drugs; enjoy a higher survival and spend less on coinsurance. Knowledge mechanisms play a role because the network effect explains some, but not all, patterns. For less informed physician-patients, possessing a network is equivalent to reducing knowledge. Our paper has been recognized by the IZA (the Institute of Labor Economics) working paper series, which is a high-quality research network. In addition, we presented this work to the 2020 American Economic Association annual meeting in San Diego and a virtual meeting in the Applied Economic Workshop. Furthermore, Melbourne institute invited us to present in a virtual seminar in 2021. Because of this work, we started several new international collaborations: with Dr. Jennjou Chen on a new research project on health economics; (2) with Dr. Emily Chang on health and environmental economics; (3) with a graduate student Eva Chi at National Taiwan University on labor economics. We are planning to apply for research grants such as Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation and Taiwan's Ministry of Science and Technology.
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