a. What is the arc price elasticity of demand for healthcare consumers in Japan using only this data? b. Using your estimated elasticity, what would the demand for health care be if the price in tokyo were raised to 30 per visit? What would the demand in Hokkaido be if the price were lowered to 5 per visit? Region Outpatient visits Price/ visit Tokyo 1.25/ month 20Y Hokkaido 1.5/ month 10Y

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6. The demand for the doctor's visits, Q, is the following: Q= 5 – 0.04P. The market price of a visit, equals the MC of $100. What is the equilibrium number of visits? What if the consumer purchases full-coverage (no coinsurance) health insurance and the demand stays the same. How many doctor visits would the patient consume? Calculate the deadweight loss or moral hazard cost as a result of the insurance coverage. Remember, DWL is there if units for which MB>MC are not produced, or if units for which MC>MB are produced.

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