title: Health services utilization of elderly Swiss: evidence from panel data.
abstract: The demand for health care services by the elderly is a topic of growing importance because of changes in the demographic structure in many countries. This paper provides estimates of the determinants of the demand for physician visits by the elderly, including the impact of a disability prevention intervention. We control for unobserved heterogeneity across individuals and the count data structure of the data by estimating random effects negative binomial models for all primary physician and specialist visits.
authors.affiliation: Department of Empirical Economics and Economic Policy, University of Bern, Switzerland. martin.schellhorn@vwi.unibe.ch
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schellhorn
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Stuck
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Minder
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Beck
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016010:Binomial Distribution; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D015987:Effect Modifier, Epidemiologic; D005260:Female; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000145:classification / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006304:Health Status; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D017059:Models, Econometric; D011314:Preventive Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015397:Program Evaluation; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D013557:Switzerland