Determinants of access to physician services in Italy: A latent class seemingly unrelated probit approach

Health Economics

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 657-668

  Atella, Vincenzo ^a,b   Brindisi, Francesco ^a,c   Deb, Partha ^d,e   Rosati, Furio C ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b Children's Hospital   (Italy)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^f Understanding Children's Work   (Italy)

Author keywords

Health care demand; Italy; Latent class models; Probit; Seemingly unrelated

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; ITALY; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL SERVICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; SOCIAL CLASS;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FAMILY PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INCOME; ITALY; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 4344661265     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.860     Document Type: Article

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