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Title: The Effect of Disability Insurance on Health Investment: Evidence from the Veterans Benefits Administration's Disability Compensation Program
Language: English
Authors: Singleton, Perry
Source: Journal of Human Resources. Fall 2009 44(4):998-1022.
Availability: University of Wisconsin Press. 1930 Monroe Street, Madison, WI 53711-2059. Tel: 608-263-0668; Fax: 608-263-1173; e-mail: journals@uwpress.wisc.edu; Web site: http://www.wisc.edu/wisconsinpress/journals
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 25
Publication Date: 2009
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Evaluative
Descriptors: Veterans, Public Health, Screening Tests, Diabetes, Disabilities, Insurance, Incentives, Motivation Techniques, Regression (Statistics), Economic Impact
Assessment and Survey Identifiers: National Health Interview Survey
ISSN: 0022-166X
Abstract: I examine whether individuals respond to monetary incentives to detect latent medical conditions. The effect is identified by a policy that deemed diabetes associated with herbicide exposure a compensable disability under the Veterans Benefits Administration's Disability Compensation program. Since a diagnosis is a requisite for benefit eligibility, and nearly one-third of diabetics remain undiagnosed, the advent of disability insurance may have encouraged the detection of diabetes among the previously undiagnosed population. Evidence from the National Health Interview Survey suggests that the policy increased the prevalence of diagnosed diabetes by 3.1 percentage points among veterans. (Contains 4 tables, 4 figures and 14 footnotes.)
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Number of References: 31
Entry Date: 2009
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