Do red herrings swim in circles? Controlling for the endogeneity of time to death

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 205-212

  Felder, Stefan ^a   Werblow, Andreas ^b   Zweifel, Peter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

'Red herring' hypothesis; Ageing; Health care expenditure; Proximity to death

Indexed keywords

AGING; HEALTH EXPENDITURE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; DEATH; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREDICTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVOR; TIME TO DEATH;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

CLUPEIDAE;

EID: 77950628819     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2009.11.014     Document Type: Article

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