Effect of having private health insurance on the use of health care services: the case of Spain

Table 6 ATE ₁ (m = 1) on the number of consultations with General Practitioner and specialists by type of private insurance (taken out by the individual or taken out by the company) using SNHS (2011/2012) and EU-SILC (2011 and 2012)

	2011
	Visits to General Practitioner					Visits to specialists
Type of private insurance	N. treat.	N. contr.	ATE ₁	Std. Err.	t	N. treat.	N. contr.	ATE ₁	Std. Err.	t
Taken out by the individual	1993	3122	0.131	0.022	6.035	1993	1394	0.109	0.021	5.149
Taken out by the company	508	1239	0.069	0.031	2.224	508	637	0.067	0.036	1.851
Undifferentiated	2501	3163	0.121	0.019	6.232	2501	1402	0.101	0.020	5.073
	2012
	Visits to General Practitioner					Visits to specialists
Type of private insurance	N. treat.	N. contr.	ATE ₁	Std. Err.	t	N. treat.	N. contr.	ATE ₁	Std. Err.	t
Taken out by the individual	1993	3106	0.130	0.022	5.988	1993	1390	0.112	0.021	5.341
Taken out by the company	508	1231	0.078	0.031	2.485	508	632	0.070	0.036	1.916
Undifferentiated	2501	3166	0.126	0.019	6.503	2501	1405	0.080	0.021	3.790

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