## Abstract Using three waves of data from the __European Community Household Panel__, this paper estimates demand for physician services equations for 12 European countries. We focus on the selection of the most appropriate econometric specification for visits to general practitioners and to speci
The structure of demand for health care: latent class versus two-part models
β Scribed by Partha Deb; Pravin K. Trivedi
- Book ID
- 117359333
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 298 KB
- Volume
- 21
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0167-6296
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