Modelling Primary Health Care Use: A Panel Zero Inflated Interval Regression Approach

Sarah Brown (), Mark Harris, Jennifer Roberts and Karl Taylor

No 2012026, Working Papers from The University of Sheffield, Department of Economics

Abstract: We introduce the (panel) zero-inflated interval regression (ZIIR) model, to investigate GP visits using individual-level data from the British Household Panel Survey. The ZIIR is particularly suitable for this application as it jointly estimates the probability of visiting the GP and then, conditional on visiting, the frequency of visits (defined by given numerical intervals in the data). The results show that different socio-economic factors influence the probability of visiting the GP and the frequency of visits.

Keywords: GP visits; panel data; zero-Inflated Interval Regression (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C24 C25 I10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 10 pages
Date: 2012
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