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Ulf Gerdtham. Photo.

Ulf Gerdtham

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Ulf Gerdtham. Photo.

New estimates of the demand for health : Results based on a categorical health measure and Swedish micro data

Author

  • Ulf G. Gerdtham
  • Magnus Johannesson

Summary, in English

In this paper we estimate a 'Grossman' model of demand for health based on Swedish micro data. The data set consists of a random sample of over 5000 individuals taken from the Swedish adult population. Health capital is measured by a categorical measure of overall health status, and an ordered probit model is used to econometrically estimate the demand for health equation. The results are consistent with the theoretical predictions and show that the demand for health increases with income and education and decreases with age, male gender, overweight, living in big cities and being single.

Publishing year

1999-11-01

Language

English

Pages

1325-1332

Publication/Series

Social Science and Medicine

Volume

49

Issue

10

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Elsevier

Topic

  • Economics

Keywords

  • Demand for health
  • Health production
  • Health status

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0277-9536