Journal
JOURNAL OF HEALTH ECONOMICS
Volume 23, Issue 5, Pages 1013-1034Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2004.03.001
Keywords
socioeconomic factors and health; older population; panel data
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This is a study of the influence of socioeconomic factors on the state of health of older Canadians. Three years of panel data from the Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics are used to model the transition probabilities between good and poor health. Care is taken to avoid the problem of endogeneity of income in modelling its effects, and to adjust reported income to free it from its strong association with age at the time of the survey. Of particular note are the significant effects found for income, in spite of universal public health care coverage. Significant effects are found also for age, education, and other variables. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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