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%T Effect of having private health insurance on the use of health care services: the case of Spain %A Cantarero-Prieto, David %A Pascual-Sáez, Marta %A Gonzalez-Prieto, Noelia %A Pascual-Sáez, Marta %J BMC Health Services Research %P 1-13 %V 17 %D 2017 %K matching techniques; ECHP; SNHS; EU-SILC %@ 1472-6963 %~ FDB %> https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-74361-7 %X Background: Several stakeholders have undertaken initiatives to propose solutions towards a more sustainable health system and Spain, as an example of a European country affected by austerity measures, is looking for ways to cut healthcare budgets. Methods: The aim of this paper is to study the effect of private health insurance on health care utilization using the latest micro-data from the European Community Household Panel (ECHP), the Spanish National Health Survey (SNHS) and the European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC). We use matching techniques based on propensity score methods: single match, four matches, bias-adjustment and allowing for heteroskedasticity. Results: The results demonstrate that people with a private health insurance, use the public health system less than individuals without double health insurance coverage. Conclusions: Our conclusions are useful when policy makers design public-private partnership policies. %C GBR %G en %9 journal article %W GESIS - http://www.gesis.org %~ SSOAR - http://www.ssoar.info