Modelling socioeconomic and health determinants of health-care use: A semiparametric approach

Health Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 967-979

  Maurer, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Health care utilisation; Semiparametric method

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; PARAMETRIC TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIANS; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 34548443421     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1253     Document Type: Article

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