Analysis of the Demand for Inpatient and Outpatient Care from Imbaba Hospital, Cario, Egypt. HFS Small Applied Research Paper No. 1

摘要

The authors use an econometric analysis of household data to determine the impact of changing fee structures for cost recovery at Imbaba Hospital, a public hospital in Cairo, Egypt. Their analysis includes a description of present health care utilization patterns, estimations of the determinants of demand, and simulations of changes in demand in response to changes in certain key variables. The analysis, outpatients, conducted separately for inpatients and shows that Imbaba Hospital is considered to be a low-quality facility and that demand for inpatient care is less responsive to fee levels than demand for outpatient care. While the authors find that there is a significant willingness to pay for services perceived to be of higher quality, they caution that the results do not provide a clear indication of the potential demand response to increasing fees at Imbaba Hospital.