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Determinants of Pediatric Care Utilization

In: The Economics of Physician and Patient Behavior

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  • Ann D. Colle
  • Michael Grossman

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The purpose of this paper is to understand the determinants of utilization of pediatric care -- care rendered to children by all physicians. Multivariate techniques are employed to examine four measures of pediatric care utilization in a national sample of children between the ages of 1 and 5. These measures are the probability of contacting a physician within the past year, the probability of obtaining a preventive physical examination within the past year, the number of office visits to physicians in private practice by children with positive visits, and the average quality of these visits.
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  • Ann D. Colle & Michael Grossman, 1978. "Determinants of Pediatric Care Utilization," NBER Chapters, in: The Economics of Physician and Patient Behavior, pages 115-158, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  • Handle: RePEc:nbr:nberch:14225
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