Ahlamaa-Tuompo J, Linna M, Kekomäki M
Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Helsinki, Finland.
Public Health. 1998 Sep;112(5):327-9. doi: 10.1038/sj.ph.1900493.
The city of Helsinki in 1991 introduced moderate patient charges for certain acute paediatric services. This provided the framework for a natural, partially controlled experiment on price elasticity of demand for acute paediatric trauma services. A cross-sectional time-series analysis of a partially controlled natural experiment was done for the period 1989-1994. The findings suggest that moderate user charges may reduce the demand for paediatric trauma services measurably. The effect was diagnosis-specific and, on average, stronger in older than in pre-school children. It probably had a negligible impact on long-term health.
1991年，赫尔辛基市开始对某些急性儿科服务收取适度的患者费用。这为一项关于急性儿科创伤服务需求价格弹性的自然、部分可控实验提供了框架。对1989 - 1994年期间进行的部分可控自然实验进行了横断面时间序列分析。研究结果表明，适度的用户收费可能会显著降低对儿科创伤服务的需求。这种影响因诊断而异，平均而言，对大龄儿童的影响比对学龄前儿童的影响更大。它可能对长期健康的影响微乎其微。
