When do people visit a doctor?

Health Care Management Science

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 5-18

  Bessho, Shun Ichiro ^a   Ohkusa, Yasushi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Copayment rate; Ex post moral hazard; Health care demand; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCOME; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; INSURANCE, HEALTH; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; OFFICE VISITS; PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 32444434590     PISSN: 13869620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10729-006-6276-8     Document Type: Article

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