Ulf Gerdtham
Professor
Equity in health care utilization : Further tests based on hurdle models and Swedish micro data
Author
Summary, in English
This paper tests the null hypothesis of no horizontal inequity in delivery of health care by use of count data hurdle models and Swedish micro data. It differs from most earlier work in three principal ways: First, the tests are carried out separately for physician and hospital care; second, the tests are carried out separately for the probability of seeking care and the amount of care received (given any use); and third, the tests are based on a model that includes several socioeconomic variables, e.g. income, education and size of community of residence. The paper rejects the hypothesis of no inequity because socioeconomic factors also have significant effects on utilization, e.g. income and size of community of residence. Size of community of residence has a positive significant effect on the frequency of physician visits but not on the probability of visiting a physician.
Publishing year
1997-05-01
Language
English
Pages
303-319
Publication/Series
Health Economics
Volume
6
Issue
3
Links
Document type
Journal article
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc.
Topic
- Economics
- Health Care Service and Management, Health Policy and Services and Health Economy
Keywords
- Count data
- Equity
- Health care
- Maximum likelihood estimations
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 1057-9230