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Déterminants de l’utilisation des services médicaux en régime d’assurance-maladie

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  • Hung, N. M.

    (Professeur agrégé, Département d’économique, Université Laval)

  • Phu, N. V.

    (Département d’économique, Université Laval)

Abstract

Under the regime of public health insurance, the utilization of health cares are determined by various socio-demographic and economic characteristics of the beneficiaries. These determinants are estimated in this study where we apply the dummy variable regression technique to the AMULET data bank, a 1971 cross-section of 8,608 beneficiaries in the province of Québec where most of health cares are free. In increasing order of importance, we find that :

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  • Hung, N. M. & Phu, N. V., 1980. "Déterminants de l’utilisation des services médicaux en régime d’assurance-maladie," L'Actualité Economique, Société Canadienne de Science Economique, vol. 56(2), pages 164-193, avril-jui.
    • Handle: RePEc:ris:actuec:v:56:y:1980:i:2:p:164-193
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