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Home | People | Eddy van Doorslaer
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Eddy van Doorslaer

Emeritus Fellow

University
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Research field
Empirical Microeconomics
Interests
Ageing, Applied Econometrics, Development, Health, Policy Evaluation

Key publications

List of publications

Bom, J., Bakx, P., Van Doorslaer, E., Gørtz, M. and Skinner, J. (2023). What explains different rates of nursing home admissions? Comparing the United States to Denmark and the Netherlands Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 25:.

Bar, M., Bakx, P., Wouterse, B. and van Doorslaer, E. (2022). Estimating the health value added by nursing homes Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 203:1--23.

Bar, M., Wouterse, B., Riumallo Herl, C., van Ourti, T. and van Doorslaer, E. (2021). Diverging Mortality Inequality Trends among Young and Old in the Netherlands Fiscal Studies, 42(1):79--101.

Arca, E, Principe, F. and van Doorslaer, E.K.A. (2020). Death by austerity? The impact of cost containment on avoidable mortality in Italy Health Economics, :.

Bakx, P., Wouterse, B., Doorslaer, E. and Wong, A. (2020). Better off at home? Effects of nursing home eligibility on costs, hospitalizations and survival Journal of Health Economics, :.

Coveney, M., Garcia Gomez, P., van Doorslaer, E. and Van Ourti, T. (2020). Thanks goodness for stickiness. Unravelling the evolution of income-related health inequalities before and after the Great recession in Europe Journal of Health Economics, 70:.

Marreiros Bago d'Uva, T., O'Donnell, O. and van Doorslaer, E. (2020). Who can predict their Own Demise? Heterogeneity in the Accuracy and Value of Longevity Expectations Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 17:.

Rellstab, S., Bakx, P.L.H., Garcia-Gomez, P. and van Doorslaer, E.K.A. (2020). The kids are alright Journal of Health Economics, 69:.

Roos, A., O'Donnell, O., Schut, E., van Doorslaer, E., van Gestel, R. and Varkevisser, M. (2020). Does price deregulation in a competitive hospital market damage quality? Journal of Health Economics, 72:.

Tenand, M., Bakx, P. and van Doorslaer, E. (2020). Eligibility or use? Disentangling the sources of horizontal inequity in home care receipt in the Netherlands Health Economics, 29(10):1161--1179.

Tenand, M., Bakx, P. and van Doorslaer, E. (2020). Equal long-term care for equal needs with universal and comprehensive coverage? An assessment using Dutch administrative data Health Economics, 29(4):435--451.

Bom, J., Bakx, P., Schut, E. and van Doorslaer, E. (2019). Health effects of caring for and about parents and spouses Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 14:.

Neelsen, S., Limwattananon, S., O'Donnell, O. and van Doorslaer, E. (2019). Universal health coverage: A (social insurance) job half done? World Development, 113:246--258.

van Baal, P., Perry-Duxbury, M., Bakx, P., Versteegh, M., van Doorslaer, E. and Brouwer, W. (2018). A cost-effectiveness threshold based on the marginal returns of cardiovascular hospital spending Health Economics, 28(1):87--100.

Ravesteijn, B., van Kippersluis, J.L.W. and van Doorslaer, E.K.A. (2018). The Wear and Tear on Health: What is the Role of Occupation? Health Economics, 27(2):e69--e86.

De Zwart, P., Bakx, P. and van Doorslaer, E. (2017). Will you still need me, will you still feed me when I'm 64? The health impact of caregiving to one's spouse Health Economics, 26(S2):127--138.

Bakx, P., van Doorslaer, E. and O'Donnell, O. (2016). Spending on Health Care in the Netherlands: Not Going so Dutch Fiscal Studies, 37(3-4):593--625.

Coveney, M., Garcia Gomez, P., van Doorslaer, E. and Van Ourti, T. (2016). Health disparities in Spain before and after the economic crisis Health Economics, 25(S2):141--158.

Bakx, P., de Meijer, C.(., Schut, E. and van Doorslaer, E. (2015). Going formal or informal, who cares? The influence of public long-term care insurance Health Economics, 24(6):631--643.

de Meijer, C.(., Bakx, P., Koopmanschap, M. and van Doorslaer, E. (2015). Explaining Declining Rates of Institutional LTC Use in the Netherlands: A Decomposition Approach Health Economics, 24(S1):18--31.

Limwattananon, S., Neelsen, S., O'Donnell, O., Prakongsai, P., Tangcharoensathien, V., van Doorslaer, E. and Vongmongkol, V. (2014). Universal coverage with supply-side reform: The impact on medical expenditure risk and utilization in Thailand Journal of Public Economics, 121(January):79--94.

Hou, Z.(., Poel, E., van Doorslaer, E., Yu, B. and Meng, Q. (2014). Effects of NCMS coverage on access to care and financial protection in China Health Economics, 22(12):.

Baeten, S., Van Ourti, T. and van Doorslaer, E. (2013). Rising inequalities in income and healht in China. Who is left behind? Journal of Health Economics, 32(6):1214--1229.

de Meijer, C.(., O'Donnell, O., Koopmanschap, M. and van Doorslaer, E. (2013). Health expenditure growth: Looking beyond the average through decomposition of the full distribution Journal of Health Economics, 32(1):88--105.

Flores, G., Ir, P., Men, C., O'Donnell, O. and van Doorslaer, E. (2013). Financial Protection of Patients through Compensation of Providers: The Impact of Health Equity Funds in Cambodia Journal of Health Economics, 32(6):1180--93.

Garcia Gomez, P., van Kippersluis, H., O'Donnell, O. and van Doorslaer, E. (2013). Long Term and Spillover Effects of Health Shocks on Employment and Income Journal of Human Resources, 48(4):873--909.

Poel, E., O'Donnell, O. and van Doorslaer, E. (2012). Is there a health penalty of China's rapid urbanization? Health Economics, 21(4):367--385.

Poel, E., van Doorslaer, E. and O'Donnell, O. (2012). Measurement of inequity in health care with heterogeneous response of use to need Journal of Health Economics, 31(4):676--689.

Marreiros Bago d'Uva, T., Lindeboom, M.(., O'Donnell, O. and van Doorslaer, E. (2011). Slipping Anchor? Testing the Vignettes Approach to Identification and Correction of Reporting Heterogeneity. Journal of Human Resources, 46(4):875--906.

de Meijer, C.(., Koopmanschap, M., Marreiros Bago d'Uva, T. and van Doorslaer, E. (2011). Determinants of long-term care spending: Age, time to death or disablility? Journal of Health Economics, 30(2):425--438.

van Kippersluis, H., O'Donnell, O. and van Doorslaer, E. (2011). Long Run Returns to Education: Does Education lead to an Extended Old Age? Journal of Human Resources, 46(4):695--721.

Marreiros Bago d'Uva, T., Jones, A. and van Doorslaer, E. (2009). Measurement of Horizontal Inequity in Health Care Utilisation using European Panel Data Journal of Health Economics, 28(2):280--289.

O'Donnell, O., Lopez-Nicolas, A. and van Doorslaer, E. (2009). Growing richer, growing taller: explaining change in the distribution of child height during Vietnam's economic boom Journal of Development Economics, 88(1):45--58.

van Kippersluis, H., Van Ourti, T., O' Donnell, O. and van Doorslaer, E. (2009). Health and Income across the Life Cycle and Genererations in Europe Journal of Health Economics, 28(4):818--830.

Van Ourti, T., van Doorslaer, E. and Koolman, A. (2009). The effect of income growth and inequality in incomes on health inequality: Theory and empirical evidence from the European Panel Journal of Health Economics, 28(3):525--539.

Marreiros Bago d'Uva, T., van Doorslaer, E., Lindeboom, M.(. and O'Donnell, O. (2008). Does Reporting Heterogeneity bias the Measurement of Health Disparities Health Economics, 17(3):351--375.

Floris, G., Krishnakumar, J., O'Donnell, O. and van Doorslaer, E. (2008). Coping with health-care costs: implications for the measurement of catastrophic expenditures and poverty. Health Economics, 17(12):1393--1412.

Hanley, G., Morgan, S., Hurley, J. and van Doorslaer, E. (2008). Distributional consequences of the transition from age-based to income-based prescription drug coverage in Britisch Columbia, Canada Health Economics, 17(12):1379--1392.

Jimenez-Rubio, D., Smith, C. and van Doorslaer, E. (2008). Equity in health and health care in a decentralised context: evidence from canada Health Economics, 17(3):377--392.

O'Donnell, O., van Doorslaer, E., Rannan-Eliya, R., Somanathan, A., Adhikari, S., Akkazieva, B., Harbianto, D., Garg, C., Hanvoravongchai, P., Herrin, A., Huq, M., Ibragimova, S., Karan, A., Kwon, S., Leung, G., Lu, J., Ohkusa, Y., Pande, B., Racelis, R., Tin, K., Tisayaticom, K., Trisnantoro, L., Wan, Q., Yang, B. and Zhao, Y. (2008). Who pays for health care in Asia? Journal of Health Economics, 27(2):460--475.

O'Donnell, O., van Doorslaer, E., Rannan-Eliya, RaviP., Somanathan, A., Adhikari, S.R., Harbianto, D., Garg, CharuC., Hanvoravongchai, P., Huq, MohammedN., Karan, A., Leung, GabrielM., Ng, C.W., Pande, B.R., Tin, K., Tisayaticom, K., Trisnantoro, L., Zhang, Y. and Zhao, Y. (2007). The incidence of public spending on healthcare: Comparative evidence from Asia World Bank Economic Review, 21(1):93--123.

van Doorslaer, E., O'Donnell, O., Rannan-Eliya, R., Somanathan, A., Adhikari, S., Akkazieva, B., Harbianto, D., Garg, C., Hanvoravongchai, P., Herrin, A., Huq, N., Ibragimova, S., Karan, A., Lee, T., Leung, G., Lu, J., Ng, K., Pande, B., Racelis, R., Tao, S., Tin, K., Trisnantoro, L., Vasavid, C., Yang, B. and Zhao, Y. (2007). Castastrophic payments for health care in Asia Health Economics, 16(11):1159--1184.

Bleichrodt, H. and van Doorslaer, E. (2006). A Welfare Economics Foundation for Health Inequality Measurement Journal of Health Economics, 25:945--957.

O'Donnell, O., Rosati, F. and van Doorslaer, E. (2005). Health effects of child work: Evidence from rural Vietnam Journal of Population Economics, 18(3):437--467.

Koolman, A. and van Doorslaer, E. (2004). On the interpretation of a concentration index of inequality Health Economics, 13:649--656.

Lindeboom, M. and van Doorslaer, E. (2004). Cut-point shift and index shift in self reported health Journal of Health Economics, 23(6):1083--1099.

van Doorslaer, E., Koolman, A. and Jones, A. (2004). Explaining income-related inequalities in doctor utilisation in Europe Health Economics, 13:629--647.

van Doorslaer, E. and Koolman, A. (2004). Explaining the differences in income-related health inequalities across European countries Health Economics, 13:609--628.

van Doorslaer, E. and Koolman, A. (2004). Health Inequality Explaining the differences in income-related health inequalities across European countries Health Economics, 13:609--628.

van Doorslaer, E. and Jones, A. (2004). Income-related inequality in health and health care in the European Union Health Economics, 13:605--608.

Wagstaff, A. and van Doorslaer, E. (2004). Overall versus socioeconomic health inequality: a measurement framework and two empirical illustrations Health Economics, 13:297--301.

Thiry, N., Beutels, P., van Damme, P. and van Doorslaer, E. (2003). Economic evaluation of Varicella vaccination programmes Pharmacoeconomics (Print), 21:13--38.

van Doorslaer, E. and Jones, A. (2003). Inequalities in self-reported health: validation of a new approach to measurement Journal of Health Economics, 22:61--87.

Wagstaff, A. and van Doorslaer, E. (2003). Catastrophe and improvirshment in paying for health care: with applications to Vietnam 1993-1998 Health Economics, 12:921--934.

Wagstaff, A., van Doorslaer, E. and Watanabe, N. (2003). On decomposing the causes of health sector inequalities with an application to malnutrition inequalities in Vietnam Journal of Econometrics, 31:207--223.

Wagstaff, A. and Van Doorslaer, E. (2001). What makes the personal income tax progressive? A comparative analysis for fifteen OECD countries International Tax and Public Finance, 8(3):299--316.

van de Voorde, C., van Doorslaer, E. and Schokkaert, E. (2001). Effects of cost sharing on physician utilization under favourable conditions for supplier-induced demand Health Economics, 10:457--471.

van Doorslaer, E., Wagstaff, A., van der Burg, H., Christiansen, T., de Graeve, D., Duchesne, I., Gerdtham, U., Gerfin, M., Geurts, J., Gross, L., Hakkinen, U., John, J., Klavus, J., Leu, R., Nolan, B., O'Donnell, O., Propper, C., Puffer, F., Schellhorn, M., Sundberg, G. and Winkelhake, O. (2000). Equity in the delivery of health care in Europe and the US Journal of Health Economics, 19:553--583.

Wagstaff, A. and van Doorslaer, E. (2000). Measuring and testing for inequity in the delivery of health care Journal of Human Resources, 35(4):716--733.

van Doorslaer, E., Wagstaff, A., van der Burg, H., Christiansen, T., Citoni, G., Di Biase, R., Gerdtham, U., Gerfin, M., Gross, L., Hakinnen, U., John, J., Johnson, P., Klavus, J., Lachaud, C., Lauritsen, J., Leu, R., Nolan, B., Pereira, J., Propper, C., Puffer, F., Rochaix, L., Schellhorn, M., Sundberg, G. and Winkelhake, O. (1999). The redistributive effect of health care finance in twelve OECD countries Journal of Health Economics, (18):291--313.

Wagstaff, A., van Doorslaer, E., van der Burg, H., Calonge, S., Christiansen, T., Citoni, G., Gerdtham, U., Gerfin, M., Gross, L., Hakinnen, U., Johnson, P., John, J., Klavus, J., Lachaud, C., Lauritsen, J., Leu, R., Nolan, B., Peran, E., Pereira, J., Propper, C., Puffer, F., Rochaix, L., Rodriguez, M., Schellhorn, M., Sundberg, G. and Winkelhake, O. (1999). Equity in the finance of health care: some further international comparisons Journal of Health Economics, 18:263--290.

Wagstaff, A., van Doorslaer, E., van der Burg, H., Calonge, S., Christiansen, T., Citoni, G., Gerdtham, U., Gerfin, M., Gross, L., Hakinnen, U., Johnson, P., John, J., Klavus, J., Lachaud, C., Lauritsen, J., Leu, R., Nolan, B., Peran, E., Pereira, J., Propper, C., Puffer, F., Rochaix, L., Rodriguez, M., Schellhorn, M., Sundberg, G. and Winkelhake, O. (1999). Redistributive effect, progressivity and differential tax treatment: Personal income taxes in twelve OECD countries Journal of Public Economics, 72:73--98.

Rutten - van Molken, M., van Doorslaer, E. and Till, M. (1998). Cost- Effectiveness Analysis of Formoterol Versus Salmeterol in Patients with Asthma Pharmacoeconomics (Print), 14(6):671--684.

Kakwani, N., van Doorslaer, E. and Wagstaff, A. (1997). Socioeconomics inequalities in health: measurement, computation , and statistical inference Journal of Econometrics, (77):87--103.

van Doorslaer, E., Wagstaff, A., Bleichrodt, H., Calonge, S., Gerdtham, U., Gerfin, M., Geurts, J., Gross, L., Hakkinen, U., Leu, R., O'Donnell, O., Propper, C., Puffer, F., Rodriguez, M., Sundberg, G. and Winkelhake, O. (1997). Income-related inequalities in health: some international comparisons Journal of Health Economics, 16:93--112.

Wagstaff, A. and van Doorslaer, E. (1997). Progressivity, horizontal equity and reranking in health care finance: a decomposition analysis for the Netherlands Journal of Health Economics, (16):449--516.

van Doorslaer, E., Tormans, G., van Damme, P. and Beutels, P. (1995). Cost Effectiveness of Alternative Hepatitis A Immunisation Strategies Pharmacoeconomics (Print), 8(1):5--8.

Rutten-van Mölken, M.P., van Doorslaer, E.K. and van Vliet, R.C. (1994). Statistical analysis of cost outcomes in a randomized controlled clinical trial. Health Economics, 3(5):333--345.

Wagstaff, A. and Van Doorslaer, E. (1994). Measuring inequalities in health in the presence of multiple‐category morbidity indicators Health Economics, 3(4):281--291.

van Doorslaer, E. and Wagstaff, A. (1992). Equity in the delivery of health care: some international comparisons Journal of Health Economics, 11(4):389--411.

Wagstaff, A. and van Doorslaer, E. (1992). Equity in the finance of health care: Some international comparisons Journal of Health Economics, 11(4):361--387.

Culyer, A.J., van Doorslaer, E. and Wagstaff, A. (1992). Access, utilisation and equity: A further comment Journal of Health Economics, 11(2):207--210.

Culyer, A.J., van Doorslaer, E. and Wagstaff, A. (1992). Utilisation as a measure of equity by Mooney, Hall, Donaldson and Gerard Journal of Health Economics, 11(1):93--98.

Wagstaff, A., van Doorslaer, E. and Paci, P. (1991). On the measurement of horizontal inequity in the delivery of health care Journal of Health Economics, 10(2):169--205.

Wagstaff, A., van Doorslaer, E. and Paci, P. (1991). Horizontal equity in the delivery of health care Journal of Health Economics, 10(2):251--256.

Wagstaff, A., Van Doorslaer, E. and Paci, P. (1989). Equity in the finance and delivery of health care: Some tentative cross-country comparisons Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 5(1):89--112.

Van Vliet, R.C.J.A. and Van Doorslaer, E.K.A. (1988). Disaggregation of the demand for hospital care Applied Economics, 20(7):969--984.