The medical care costs of obesity: An instrumental variables approach

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 219-230

  Cawley, John ^a,b   Meyerhoefer, Chad ^c  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Externalities; Insurance; Medical care costs; Obesity

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; NUMERICAL METHOD; OBESITY; PANEL DATA; TRANSACTION COST;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; SYSTEMATIC ERROR;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; OBESITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858077267     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: 18791646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2011.10.003     Document Type: Article

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