Trip and mode choice decisions to out-patient health care facilities:A longitudinal analysis

作     者：Patrick McCarthy 

作者机构：School of EconomicsGeorgia Institute of TechnologyAtlanta30332USA Center for EconomicsFinanceand ManagementHunan University Changsha410082China 

出 版 物：《Journal of Management Science and Engineering》 (管理科学学报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2022年第7卷第2期

页      面：173-196页

学科分类：12[管理学] 120202[管理学-企业管理（含：财务管理、市场营销、人力资源管理）] 0202[经济学-应用经济学] 02[经济学] 1204[管理学-公共管理] 120402[管理学-社会医学与卫生事业管理(可授管理学、医学学位)] 1202[管理学-工商管理] 1004[医学-公共卫生与预防医学(可授医学、理学学位)] 1201[管理学-管理科学与工程(可授管理学、工学学位)] 10[医学] 

主　　题：Health indicators Healthpolicy Out-patient Tripchoice Modechoice Ageing Longitudinal Random utility model China CHARLS 

摘      要：This paper analyzes the impact of health indicators on an individual s trip and mode choices to out-patient care *** study s focus is an out-patient trip to a health care facility,and the source of data is the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study(CHARLS)for 2011.2013 and *** on a random utility framework,the study finds that making a rip to ureat an ilness or for a check-up increases the likelihood of an out-patient trip by 52 and 31 probability points,***-patient visits for which in-surance is not relevant,When the individual pays most of the out:of-pocket costs and when the facility is a public facility are also important *** and other per-sonal health factors have some but much more modest effects on one s trip *** analysis also identifies differential modal impacts of health indicators.A series of robustness tests generally confirm the results and identify areas for further *** a no-trip option,the biannual sunvey and infrequent out-patient trip-making mitigate endogeneity *** analysis has broad health policy and transportation implications for an ageing population whose share is increasing.