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Ulf Gerdtham. Foto.

Ulf Gerdtham

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Ulf Gerdtham. Foto.

The demand for health : Results from new measures of health capital

Författare

  • U. G. Gerdtham
  • M. Johannesson
  • L. Lundberg
  • D. Isacson

Summary, in English

This paper estimates a "Grossman" model of demand for health. We measure health status on a 0 (dead) to 1 (full health) cardinal scale by the rating scale method and the time trade-off method. We also use a categorical measure of overall health status commonly used in quality of life measurements. To estimate the demand for health equations, the Tobit technique is used for the rating scale and time trade-off health measure. The ordered probit model is used for the categorical health measure. The demand for health decreases with the price of medical care, age, overweight, smoking and living alone, and increases with income, education and the level of sporting activities.

Avdelning/ar

  • Nationalekonomiska institutionen

Publiceringsår

1999-01-01

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

501-521

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

European Journal of Political Economy

Volym

15

Issue

3

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

Tranfer Verlag, Regensburg, FRG

Ämne

  • Economics
  • Health Care Service and Management, Health Policy and Services and Health Economy

Nyckelord

  • C24
  • C25
  • Censored models
  • Demand for health
  • Discrete models
  • Health production
  • Health status
  • I10
  • I12

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 0176-2680