An investigation of health insurance policy and behavior in a virtual environment.

We introduce a new experimental approach to measuring the effects of health insurance policy alternatives on behavior and health outcomes over the life course. In a virtual environment with multi-period lives, subjects earn virtual income and allocate spending, to maximize utility, which is converte...

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Main Authors: J Dustin Tracy, Kevin A James, Hillard Kaplan, Stephen Rassenti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0248784&type=printable