@techreport{NBERw7673,
 title = "The Demand for Medical Care in Urban China",
 author = "H. Naci Mocan and Erdal Tekin and Jeffrey S. Zax",
 institution = "National Bureau of Economic Research",
 type = "Working Paper",
 series = "Working Paper Series",
 number = "7673",
 year = "2000",
 month = "April",
 URL = "http://www.nber.org/papers/w7673",
 abstract = {This is the first paper to investigate the determinants of the demand for medical care in the People's Republic of China. It uses a data set that consists of detailed characteristics of 6407 urban households, a continuous measure of health care spending, and price. A two-part model and a discrete factor model are used in the estimation. Household characteristics and work conditions impact the demand for medical care. Income elasticity is around 0.3, indicating medical care is a necessity. Medical care demand is price inelastic, and price elasticity is larger in absolute value for poorer households.},
}