Obesity and Health-Care Costs in Switzerland: Dealing with Endogeneity in Non-Linear Regression Models
Summary We draw microdata from the Swiss Household Panel to estimate the causal effect of obesity on the number of physician visits, the amount of hospital days, and the respective costs incurred. We do so by simultaneously coping with three endogeneity issues, comprising reporting errors, omitted v...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2016-01-01
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| Series: | Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF03399428 |