Grossman's missing health threshold

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1044-1056

  Galama, Titus ^a   Kapteyn, Arie ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Demand for health; Health; Health capital; Labor; Medical care

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; THRESHOLD;

AGE; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EMPLOYMENT; GROSSMAN MODEL; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INCOME; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDICAL CARE; PREDICTION; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING;

EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMIC;

EID: 80052836145     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: 18791646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2011.06.004     Document Type: Article

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