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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Health Care Finance Econ. 2012 Sep 15;12(4):253–267. doi: 10.1007/s10754-012-9113-2

Table 5.

Probability remaining insured, first differences and difference-in-differencea from linear probability models, initially-employed married men under age 65 with employer-provided health insurance

Cancer Lung disease Hospitalized New
diagnosis		 Self-report
decline		 New
diagnosis
only		 Self-reported
decline only
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)
ECHI×health shock 0.027**
(0.013)		 0.033
(0.024)		 −0.004
(0.024)		 0.033**
(0.014)		 0.026
(0.022)		 0.033
(0.022)		 0.027
(0.025)
Non-ECHI×health shock 0.048
(0.030)		 0.064**
(0.028)		 0.042*
(0.024)
 0.051**
(0.026)
 0.098***
(0.028)
 0.039
(0.030)
 0.102***
(0.034)
Diff-in-diff −0.021
(0.030)		 −0.032
(0.023)		 −0.046**
(0.022)		 −0.018
(0.022)		 −0.072***
(0.026)		 −0.006
(0.018)		 −0.074**
(0.032)
N 1,212 1,175 1,385 1,265 1,336 1,192 1,270
Treated 72 35 245 125 196 52 130

Notes: ECHI=employment contingent health insurance; non-ECHI=health insurance through spouse’s employer. Controls are the same as in Table 4.

*

Significance: p<.1

**

p<.05

***

p<.01.

a

First difference is (health shock insured status – healthy insured status) for the specified group (ECHI or non-ECHI). Diff-in-diff is the difference between these effects.