MedExp: Structure of Demand for Medical Care
Format
A time serie containing :
- med
- annual medical expenditures in constant dollars excluding dental and outpatient mental
- lc
- log(coinsrate+1) where coinsurance rate is 0 to 100
- idp
- individual deductible plan ?
- lpi
- log(annual participation incentive payment) or 0 if no payment
- fmde
- log(max(medical deductible expenditure)) if IDP=1 and MDE>1 or 0 otherw
- physlim
- physical limitation ?
- ndisease
- number of chronic diseases
- health
- self--rate health (excellent,good,fair,poor)
- linc
- log of annual family income (in \$)
- lfam
- log of family size
- educdec
- years of schooling of household head
- age
- exact age
- sex
- sex (male,female)
- child
- age less than 18 ?
- black
- is household head black ?
Source
Deb, P. and P.K. Trivedi (2002) “The Structure of Demand for Medical Care: Latent Class versus Two-Part Models”, Journal of Health Economics, 21, 601--625. References
Cameron, A.C. and P.K. Trivedi (2005) Microeconometrics : methods and applications, Cambridge.