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