Ulf Gerdtham
Professor
New estimates of the demand for health : Results based on a categorical health measure and Swedish micro data
Författare
Summary, in English
In this paper we estimate a 'Grossman' model of demand for health based on Swedish micro data. The data set consists of a random sample of over 5000 individuals taken from the Swedish adult population. Health capital is measured by a categorical measure of overall health status, and an ordered probit model is used to econometrically estimate the demand for health equation. The results are consistent with the theoretical predictions and show that the demand for health increases with income and education and decreases with age, male gender, overweight, living in big cities and being single.
Publiceringsår
1999-11-01
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
1325-1332
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Social Science and Medicine
Volym
49
Issue
10
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Elsevier
Ämne
- Economics
Nyckelord
- Demand for health
- Health production
- Health status
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 0277-9536