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a cross-section from 1986

number of observations : 485

observation : individuals

country : United States

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A dataframe containing :

doctor

the number of doctor visits

children

the number of children in the household

access

is a measure of access to health care

health

a measure of health status (larger positive numbers are associated with poorer health)

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Source

Gurmu, Shiferaw (1997) “Semiparametric estimation of hurdle regression models with an application to medicaid utilization”, Journal of Applied Econometrics, 12(3), 225-242.

References

Davidson, R. and James G. MacKinnon (2004) Econometric Theory and Methods, New York, Oxford University Press, chapter 11.

Journal of Applied Econometrics data archive : http://qed.econ.queensu.ca/jae/.

See Also

DoctorContacts, DoctorAUS, Index.Source, Index.Economics, Index.Econometrics, Index.Observations

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