Understanding health-care utilization is important to design efficient and effective health-care systems. Towards this end, we propose a relatively simple and intuitively appealing microeconometric framework based on a two-part model to investigate the determinants that increase the probability and the length of waiting for a health-care service provision. This article attempts to accommodate all data features in one model focusing on overdispersion in the data due to unobserved heterogeneity and zero- inflation, with an application to the Italian National Health System
Auteri, M., Maruotti, A. (2012). Modelling waiting times in the Italian National Health Service. APPLIED ECONOMICS LETTERS, 19(5), 459-465 [10.1080/13504851.2011.583210].
Modelling waiting times in the Italian National Health Service
AUTERI, MONICA;MARUOTTI, ANTONELLO
2012-01-01
Abstract
Understanding health-care utilization is important to design efficient and effective health-care systems. Towards this end, we propose a relatively simple and intuitively appealing microeconometric framework based on a two-part model to investigate the determinants that increase the probability and the length of waiting for a health-care service provision. This article attempts to accommodate all data features in one model focusing on overdispersion in the data due to unobserved heterogeneity and zero- inflation, with an application to the Italian National Health SystemI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
