Explaining health care expenditure variation: Large-sample evidence using linked survey and health administrative data

Health Economics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1093-1110

  Ellis, Randall P ^a   Fiebig, Denzil G ^b   Johar, Meliyanni ^c   Jones, Glenn ^c   Savage, Elizabeth ^c  

^a USA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

health expenditure; health insurance; panel data; risk adjustment

Indexed keywords

PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; CARDIOPULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSULTATION; DETERIORATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISABILITY; DIVORCED PERSON; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; INJURY; LIFESTYLE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIED PERSON; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SERVICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEGLECT; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SKIN CANCER; SMOKING; TRANSPLANTATION; UNDERWEIGHT; WIDOWED PERSON;

HEALTH EXPENDITURE; HEALTH INSURANCE; PANEL DATA; RISK ADJUSTMENT;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCOME; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEW SOUTH WALES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84883134750     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.2916     Document Type: Conference Paper

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