Specification and simulated likelihood estimation of a non-normal treatment-outcome model with selection: Application to health care utilization

Econometrics Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 307-331

  Deb, Partha ^a   Trivedi, Pravin K ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Endogenous treatment; Health care utilization; Latent factors; Managed care

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745603964     PISSN: 13684221     EISSN: 1368423X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1368-423X.2006.00187.x     Document Type: Article

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