The Demand for Medical Care in Urban China

40 Pages Posted: 5 Jun 2000

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Naci H. Mocan

Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge - Department of Economics; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Erdal Tekin

Georgia State University - Department of Economics; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); IZA Institute of Labor Economics

Jeffrey S. Zax

University of Colorado at Boulder - Department of Economics

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Date Written: April 2000

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 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.

JEL Classification: I1, O52, R22

Suggested Citation

Mocan, Naci H. and Tekin, Erdal and Zax, Jeffrey S., The Demand for Medical Care in Urban China (April 2000). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=223289 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.223289

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