New estimates of the demand for health: Results based on a categorical health measure and Swedish micro data

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1325-1332

  Gerdtham, Ulf G ^a   Johannesson, Magnus ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Demand for health; Health production; Health status

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; MODELING; SERVICE PROVISION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWEDEN;

ADULT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; SWEDEN;

SWEDEN;

EID: 0033231956     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(99)00206-3     Document Type: Article

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