Econometric issues in testing the age neutrality of health care expenditure

被引：37

作者：

Salas, C ^{[1
]}

Raftery, JP ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Birmingham, Hlth Serv Managemetn Ctr, Birmingham B15 2RT, W Midlands, England

来源：

HEALTH ECONOMICS | 2001年 / 10卷 / 07期

关键词：

ageing; health care expenditure; endogeneity; sample selectivity;

D O I：

10.1002/hec.638

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

A recent study by Zweifel et al. (Zweifel P, Felder S, Meiers M. Ageing of the population and health care expenditure: a red herring? Health Economics 1999; 8: 485-496) suggests that age is not related to health care expenditure among the elderly once 'closeness to death' is controlled for. If correct, this finding has major policy implications, but flaws in the econometric analysis undermine its credibility. We highlight two in particular, and propose methods to deal with them. Copyright (C) 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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页码：669 / 671

页数：3