摘要
Hurdle count models are used to examine the participation and consumption decisions in Chinese medicine use. Motivated by a household production model, a second censoring mechanism is introduced into existing single-hurdle models, and the resulting specification accommodates conscientious abstainers, as well as economic non-consumers, and admits excessive zeros in the sample. In contrast to previous studies that found few predictors, empirical results based on a Taiwanese national sample suggest that Western medicine is a gross substitute to Chinese medicine, and both time price and money price play more important roles than income. Insurance, lifestyle and demographics also determine the use of Chinese medicine.
原文 | 英語 |
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頁(從 - 到) | 221-232 |
頁數 | 12 |
期刊 | Health Economics |
卷 | 10 |
發行號 | 3 |
DOIs | |
出版狀態 | 已發佈 - 2001 |
對外發佈 | 是 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- 健康政策