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Determinants of utilization of antenatal care services in developing countries
Nketiah‐Amponsah, Edward; Senadza, Bernardin; Arthur, Eric - In: African Journal of Economic and Management Studies 4 (2013) 1, pp. 58-73
the intensity of antenatal care utilization in Ghana. Findings – The study finds that wealth status, age, ownership of … utilization of antenatal care services in Ghana. Design/methodology/approach – The paper utilizes the most recent Ghana … Demographic and Health Survey (GDHS V) data. The dependent variable is the intensity of utilization (number) of antenatal care …
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National health insurance subscription and maternal healthcare utilisation across mothers' wealth status in Ghana
Ameyaw, Edward Kwabena; Kofinti, Raymond Elikplim; … - In: Health economics review 7 (2017) 16, pp. 1-15
examine the relationship between National Health Insurance and maternal healthcare utilisation across three main wealth … compared to women in the middle wealth quintile (5%, CI = 2.12–4.76) and rich women (2%, CI = 1.14–4.14). Similarly, poor women … who owned the NHIS are 14% (CI = 1.42–2.13) likely to deliver in health facility than women in the middle and rich wealth …
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Testing the one-part fractional response model against an alternative two-part model
Oberhofer, Harald; Pfaffermayr, Michael - 2011
This note proposes a generalized two-part model for fractional response variables that nests the one-part model proposed by Papke and Wooldridge (1996). Consequently, a Wald test allows to discriminate between these two competing models. A small scale Monte Carlo simulation demonstrates that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293342
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Firm growth, European industry dynamics and domestic business cycles
Oberhofer, Harald - 2009
Based on the empirical firm growth literature and on heterogeneous (microeconomic) adjustment models, this paper empirically investigates the impact of European industry fluctuations and domestic business cycles on the growth performance of European firms. Since the implementation of the Single...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294785
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Firm growth, European industry dynamics and domestic business cycles
Oberhofer, Harald - 2010
Based on the empirical firm growth literature and on heterogeneous (microeconomic) adjustment models, this paper empirically investigates the impact of European industry fluctuations and domestic business cycles on the growth performance of European firms. Since the implementation of the Single...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011345464
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Out-of-pocket expenditures of private households for dental services: Empirical evidence from Austria
Sanwald, Alice; Theurl, Engelbert - 2014
patient out-of-pocket. Objectives: We analyze the socio-economic determinants of out-of-pocket expenditures for dentals … one-part GLM confirm the results of the two-part model. Conclusions: Our results allow new insights into the determinants … of OOPE for dental care. The household level turns out to be an adequate basis to study the determinants of OOPE …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011382720
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Pooling and sharing income within households: A satisfaction approach
Elsas, Susanne - 2013
becoming increasingly invalid. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study, I analyze the incidence and determinants …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010322523
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Is Peace a Missing Value or a Zero?
Vance, Colin; Ritter, Nolan - 2013
Sample selection models, variants of which are the Heckman and Heckit models, are increasingly used by political scientists to accommodate data in which censoring of the dependent variable raises concerns of sample selectivity bias. Beyond demonstrating several pitfalls in the calculation of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010327838
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Confounding and missing data in cost-effectiveness analysis: Comparing different methods
Härkänen, Tommi; Maljanen, Timo; Lindfors, Olavi; … - In: Health Economics Review 3 (2013) 8, pp. 1-11
Introduction: Common approaches in cost-effectiveness analyses do not adjust for confounders. In nonrandomized studies this can result in biased results. Parametric models such as regression models are commonly applied to adjust for confounding, but there are several issues which need to be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011599766
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Out-of-pocket expenditure by private households for dental services: Empirical evidence from Austria
Sanwald, Alice; Theurl, Engelbert - In: Health Economics Review 6 (2016) 10, pp. 1-9
-of-pocket. Settings and design: This study analyses the socio-economic determinants of out-of-pocket expenditure for dental services (OOPE … results allow new insights into the determinants of OOPE for dental care. The household level turns out to be an adequate … basis to study the determinants of OOPE, although caution should be applied before jumping to conclusions for the individual …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011599829