Modelling primary health care use: a panel Zero Inflated Interval Regression approach

Publication type

Research Paper

Series Number

2012026

Series

Sheffield Economic Research Paper Series

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Publication date

October 15, 2012

Summary:

We introduce the (panel) zero-inflated interval regression (ZIIR) model, to investigate GP
visits using individual-level data from the British Household Panel Survey. The ZIIR is particularly
suitable for this application as it jointly estimates the probability of visiting the GP and then,
conditional on visiting, the frequency of visits (defined by given numerical intervals in the data). The
results show that different socio-economic factors influence the probability of visiting the GP and the
frequency of visits.

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Link

http://www.shef.ac.uk/economics/research/serps/articles/2012_026

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