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The Demand for Medical Care in Urban China

Year: 2000

Type: report

Abstract: This is the first paper to investigate the determinants of the demand for medical care in the People's Republic of China.It uses a data set that consists of detailed characteristics of 6407 urban households, a continuous measure of health care spending, and price.A two-part model and a discrete factor model are used in the estimation.Household characteristics and work conditions impact the demand for medical care.Income elasticity is around 0.3, indicating medical care is a necessity.Medical care demand is price inelastic, and price elasticity is larger in absolute value for poorer households.

Source: National Bureau of Economic Research

DOI: 10.3386/w7673

Authors: H. Naci Mocan, Erdal Tekin, Jeffrey Zax

Institutions: National Bureau of Economic Research, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Colorado Denver

Language: English

Topic: Healthcare Systems and Reforms

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDGs: Good health and well-being, No poverty, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: green

Funders: Ford Foundation, University of Oxford

OpenAlex ID: W2907462953

Cites: 57

Cited by: 16

Related to: 10