Regional consumption of antibiotics: A demand system approach

Massimo Filippini, Giuliano Masiero and K. Moschetti

Economic Modelling, 2009, vol. 26, issue 6, 1389-1397

Abstract: Through this paper, we have attempted to model the demand for different classes of antibiotics used for respiratory infections in outpatient care in Switzerland using a spatial version of the linear approximate Almost Ideal Demand System (AIDS) model. This model takes spatial dependency into account by means of spatial lags of antibiotic budget shares. We control for the health status of patients and the potential harmful effects of antibiotic use in terms of bacterial resistance. Elasticities to socioeconomic determinants of consumption and own- and cross-price elasticities between different groups of antibiotic have also been computed in this paper. Significant cross-price elasticities are found between newer or more expensive generations and older or less expensive generations of antibiotics.

Keywords: Antibiotic; use; Demand; equations; Demand; elasticities; Almost; ideal; model; Bacterial; resistance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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