Ulf Gerdtham
Professor
The demand for health : Results from new measures of health capital
Author
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.
Department/s
- Department of Economics
Publishing year
1999-01-01
Language
English
Pages
501-521
Publication/Series
European Journal of Political Economy
Volume
15
Issue
3
Document type
Journal article
Publisher
Tranfer Verlag, Regensburg, FRG
Topic
- Economics
- Health Care Service and Management, Health Policy and Services and Health Economy
Keywords
- C24
- C25
- Censored models
- Demand for health
- Discrete models
- Health production
- Health status
- I10
- I12
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 0176-2680