Using quantile regression to examine health care expenditures during the great recession

Health Services Research

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 705-730

  Chen, Jie ^a   Vargas Bustamante, Arturo ^b   Mortensen, Karoline ^a   Thomas, Stephen B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

economic recession; Health care expenditures; quantile regression; racial and ethnic disparities

Indexed keywords

PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ARTICLE; DRUG COST; ECONOMIC RECESSION; EMERGENCY WARD; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ECONOMIC RECESSION; HEALTH CARE EXPENDITURES; QUANTILE REGRESSION; RACIAL AND ETHNIC DISPARITIES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ECONOMIC RECESSION; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897421382     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.12113     Document Type: Article

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