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Assessing the Impact of Health Insurance and Other Socioeconomic Factors on Inequality in Health Care Expenditures among Farm Households

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2016

Hisham S. El-Osta
Hisham S. El-Osta*
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U.S. Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service
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Abstract

This research uses data from the 2005–2011 Agricultural Resource Management Survey and a two-part-model regression procedure to examine the impact of health insurance and other relevant socioeconomic factors on the distribution of health care expenditures among U.S. farm households. Findings show the importance of privately acquired health insurance coverage in explaining inequality in health care expenditures. The results also reveal, among other things, a statistical positive association between health care expenditures and farm operators who fall into the baby boomer age category. A similar statistical association is found for higher income levels but not for inequality of income.

Keywords

farm householdsgovernment paymentshealth insuranceinequality decompositionsource of insurance
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Research Article
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Agricultural and Resource Economics Review , Volume 44 , Issue 1 , April 2015 , pp. 35 - 64
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Copyright © 2015 Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association 

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