Determinants of Thailand household healthcare expenditure: The relevance of permanent resources and other correlates

Health Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 365-376

  Okunade, Albert A ^a   Suraratdecha, Chutima ^b   Benson, David A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b PATH   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elasticities; Household survey data; Permanent income; Proximity to death; Two part model; Wealth

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; COST OF LIVING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HEALTH CARE COST; HOUSEHOLD; INCOME; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; THAILAND; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ECONOMIC RECESSION; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; INCOME; MODELS, ECONOMIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THAILAND;

EID: 76149123560     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1471     Document Type: Article

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