The role of dietary choices and medical expenditures on health outcomes when health shocks are endogenous
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- 作者：Pedro Gomis-Porquerasa ; pgomis@deakin.edu.au" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Solmaz Moslehib ; solmaz.moslehi@monash.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Richard M.H. Suenc ; mhs15@leicester.ac.uk" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author
- 关键词：Diet ; Treatment ; Prevention ; Health Shocks
- 刊名：Economic Modelling
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：April 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：54
- 期：Complete
- 页码：13-25
- 全文大小：432 K
文摘
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Propose a theoretical framework that includes both a role for preventive actions and treatment in producing health outcome.
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Preventive actions and treatment affect health through food choices and medical services, respectively.
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An agent’s food choices (i.e. calorie decision) alter the distribution of future health shocks.
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Theoretical results suggest that under certain conditions wealthier agents choose a healthier diet than lower income ones.
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Numerical exercise captures U.S. cross-sectional facts regarding medical, food and non-food expenditures.