Non-Monetary Factors in the Demand for Medical Services: Some Empirical Evidence,

Abstract

The paper considers the effects of travel distance in determining the demand for medical services in New York City, an especially good 'laboratory' in which to try to examine the effects of nonmonetary prices because of the long-standing availability of free care in the city's municipal hospitals and clinics. After developing a formal model of the demand for medical services that includes a payment in money and in time for private care, the predictions are tested on a cross-sectional survey of about 2600 users of City hospital out-patient departments.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1974
Accession Number
ADA010967

Entities

People

  • Jan Paul Acton

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Availability
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Hospitalizations
  • Hospitals
  • New York

Fields of Study

  • Medicine
  • Political science

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