Modeling Inter-Regional Patient Mobility: Does Distance Go Far Enough?

Michael Irlacher, Dieter Pennerstorfer, Anna-Theresa Renner and Florian Unger

No 8998, CESifo Working Paper Series from CESifo

Abstract: This paper estimates a theory-guided gravity equation of regional patient flows. In our model, a patient’s choice to consult a physician in a particular region depends on a measure of spatial accessibility that accounts for the exact locations of both patients and physicians. Introducing this concept in a spatial economics model, we derive an augmented gravity-type equation and show that our measure of accessibility performs better in explaining patient flows than bilateral distance. We conduct a rich set of counterfactual simulations, illustrating that the effects of physicians’ market exits on patient mobility crucially depend on their exact locations.

Keywords: gravity model; patient mobility; spatial accessibility; two-step floating catchment areas (2SFCA) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I11 I18 R10 R12 R23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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