Are primary care physicians, public and private sector specialists substitutes or complements? Evidence from a simultaneous equations model for count data

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 770-785

  Atella, Vincenzo ^a   Deb, Partha ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Demand for health care; Endogeneity; Negative binomial

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; MODELING; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR;

ARTICLE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH VISITOR; ITALY; MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE;

HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PHYSICIANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 43549114082     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2007.10.006     Document Type: Article

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