Evaluation of Behavioral Demand Models of Consumer Choice in Health Care.

Siddharthan, Kris

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ERIC Number: EJ432018

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Publication Date: 1991

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Evaluation of Behavioral Demand Models of Consumer Choice in Health Care.

Siddharthan, Kris

Evaluation Review, v15 n4 p455-70 Aug 1991

Consumer choice of health provider plan and preference for a personal physician were studied for 1,438 elderly adults using a joint logit model (JL) and a nested logit model. Choice criteria used by senior citizens, and reasons the nested choice model explains choice behavior better than the JL are examined. (SLD)

Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Behavior Patterns, Comparative Analysis, Consumer Economics, Health Insurance, Health Services, Mathematical Models, Older Adults, Surveys

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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