Doctor                 package:Ecdat                 R Documentation

_N_u_m_b_e_r _o_f _D_o_c_t_o_r _V_i_s_i_t_s

_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     a cross-section from 1986

     _number of observations_ :  485

     _observation_ :  individuals

     _country_ :  United States

_U_s_a_g_e:

     data(Doctor)

_F_o_r_m_a_t:

     A dataframe containing :

     _d_o_c_t_o_r the number of doctor visits

     _c_h_i_l_d_r_e_n the number of children in the household

     _a_c_c_e_s_s is a measure of access to health care

     _h_e_a_l_t_h a measure of health status (larger positive numbers are 
          associated with poorer health)

_S_o_u_r_c_e:

     Gurmu, Shiferaw (1997) "Semiparametric estimation of hurdle
     regression models with an application to medicaid utilization",
     _Journal of Applied Econometrics _, *12(3)*, 225-242.

_R_e_f_e_r_e_n_c_e_s:

     Davidson, R.  and  James G.  MacKinnon (2004) _Econometric Theory
     and Methods_, New York, Oxford University Press, <URL:
     http://www.econ.queensu.ca/ETM/>, chapter 11.

_S_e_e _A_l_s_o:

     'Index.Books', 'Index.Economics', 'Index.Econometrics',
     'Index.Observations'

