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The Economics of Dental Care Utilization. Edition No. 1
VDM Publishing House, October 2008, Pages: 188
Dental Care Utilization can be classified as one of
three types of treatments administered by a dentist:
Restorative, Preventative, and Cosmetic Care. In a
Ph.D. Dissertation from the University of Kentucky,
the author explores the simultaneous choice between
these three types of care using a Multivariate
Probit Model using the GHK Simulator and
Numeric Integration. Data for the research were
from the National Medical Expenditure Survey of 1987
which samples households in the United States. The
dataset includes information regarding demographic,
socioeconomic and medical expenses on a daily basis
for the calandar year 1987, which were aggregated to
quarterly utilization measurements. Simultaneous
probit models reveal interesting patterns of
utilization. One finding regarding preventative care
is that consumption of preventative care in the
current period would be associated with a
significantly lower utilization of both Restorative
and Cosmetic care in the next period. Another
interesting finding is that Restorative and Cosmetic
care are substitutes for each other. Cosmetic care
might be a luxury good relative to Restorative care.
Brad Clouse.
Bradley Alan Clouse
(2007-Present)
Purdue University-Graduate Student of Statistics
(1993-2002)
University of Kentucky
Ph.D. Economics "The Economics of Dental Care Utilization"
Major Field: Econometrics
(1988-1992)
Wabash College
AB Economics/English
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