Reporting heterogeneity in self-assessed health among elderly europeans

Health Economics Review

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-14

  Pfarr, Christian ^a   Schminan, Andreas ^a   Schneider, Udo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b Scientific Institute of TK for Benefit and Efficiency in Health Care   (Germany)

Author keywords

Generalized ordered probit; Reporting heterogeneity; SHARE

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL CONDITION INDEX; MENTAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL CONDITION INDEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVEY OF HEALTH, AGEING AND RERTIREMENT IN EUROPE;

EID: 84971280699     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21911991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2191-1991-2-21     Document Type: Article

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