Econometric Methods in Health Services
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Matthew L. Maciejewski,
Paul L. Hebert,
Douglas A. Conrad, Sean D. Sullivan,
Matthew L. Maciejewski
University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Search for more papers by this authorPaul L. Hebert
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
Search for more papers by this authorMatthew L. Maciejewski,
Paul L. Hebert,
Douglas A. Conrad, Sean D. Sullivan,
Matthew L. Maciejewski
University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Search for more papers by this authorPaul L. Hebert
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
Search for more papers by this authorFirst published: 15 July 2005
Abstract
The purpose of this article is to provide a brief summary of prominent econometric applications in modern health economics, by providing a broad overview of problems to which econometric methods have been applied. These methods typically are used to address problems in health, health care delivery, and health care costs from a cross-section of observations at a given time. The chapter considers methods for analyzing continuous outcomes, such as cost; continuous, nonnormally distributed outcomes; simultaneous equation methods; and methods for count data, such as utilization data.
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