R Dataset / Package Ecdat / DoctorContacts
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Contacts With Medical Doctor
Description
a cross-section from 1977–1978
number of observations : 20186
Usage
data(DoctorContacts)
Format
A time serie containing :
- mdu
number of outpatient visits to a medical doctor
- 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, pp. 553–556 and 565.
See Also
Index.Source, Index.Economics, Index.Econometrics, Index.Observations,
Index.Time.Series
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