DoctorAUS: Doctor Visits in Australia
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Doctor Visits in Australia
Description
a cross-section from 1977–1978
number of observations : 5190
observation : individuals
country : Australia
Usage
data(DoctorAUS)
Format
A dataframe containing :
- sex
sex
- age
age
- income
-
annual income in tens of thousands of dollars
- insurance
-
insurance contract (medlevy :
medibanl levy, levyplus :
private health insurance, freepoor :
government insurance due to low income,
freerepa : government insurance due to
old age disability or veteran status
- illness
number of illness in past 2 weeks
- actdays
-
number of days of reduced activity in past 2
weeks due to illness or injury
- hscore
-
general health score using Goldberg's method
(from 0 to 12)
- chcond
-
chronic condition (np : no problem,
la : limiting activity, nla :
not limiting activity)
- doctorco
-
number of consultations with a doctor or
specialist in the past 2 weeks
- nondocco
-
number of consultations with non-doctor
health professionals (chemist, optician,
physiotherapist, social worker, district
community nurse, chiropodist or
chiropractor) in the past 2 weeks
- hospadmi
-
number of admissions to a hospital,
psychiatric hospital, nursing or
convalescent home in the past 12 months
(up to 5 or more admissions which is
coded as 5)
- hospdays
-
number of nights in a hospital, etc.
during most recent admission: taken,
where appropriate, as the mid-point of
the intervals 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8-14,
15-30, 31-60, 61-79 with 80 or more
admissions coded as 80. If no admission
in past 12 months then equals zero.
- medecine
-
total number of prescribed and
nonprescribed medications used in past 2 days
- prescrib
-
total number of prescribed medications used
in past 2 days
- nonpresc
-
total number of nonprescribed medications
used in past 2 days
Source
Cameron, A.C. and P.K. Trivedi (1986) “Econometric Models Based on Count Data: Comparisons and Applications of Some Estimators and Tests”, Journal of Applied Econometrics, 1, 29-54..
References
Cameron, A.C. and Trivedi P.K. (1998) Regression analysis of count data, Cambridge University Press, http://cameron.econ.ucdavis.edu/racd/racddata.html, chapter 3.
See Also
Doctor,
DoctorContacts,
Index.Source,
Index.Economics,
Index.Econometrics,
Index.Observations
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Doctor Visits in Australia
Description
a cross-section from 1977–1978
number of observations : 5190
observation : individuals
country : Australia
Usage
data(DoctorAUS)
Format
A dataframe containing :
- sex
sex
- age
age
- income
-
annual income in tens of thousands of dollars
- insurance
-
insurance contract (
medlevy:medibanllevy,levyplus: private health insurance,freepoor: government insurance due to low income,freerepa: government insurance due to old age disability or veteran status - illness
number of illness in past 2 weeks
- actdays
-
number of days of reduced activity in past 2 weeks due to illness or injury
- hscore
-
general health score using Goldberg's method (from 0 to 12)
- chcond
-
chronic condition (
np: no problem,la: limiting activity,nla: not limiting activity) - doctorco
-
number of consultations with a doctor or specialist in the past 2 weeks
- nondocco
-
number of consultations with non-doctor health professionals (chemist, optician, physiotherapist, social worker, district community nurse, chiropodist or chiropractor) in the past 2 weeks
- hospadmi
-
number of admissions to a hospital, psychiatric hospital, nursing or convalescent home in the past 12 months (up to 5 or more admissions which is coded as 5)
- hospdays
-
number of nights in a hospital, etc. during most recent admission: taken, where appropriate, as the mid-point of the intervals 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8-14, 15-30, 31-60, 61-79 with 80 or more admissions coded as 80. If no admission in past 12 months then equals zero.
- medecine
-
total number of prescribed and nonprescribed medications used in past 2 days
- prescrib
-
total number of prescribed medications used in past 2 days
- nonpresc
-
total number of nonprescribed medications used in past 2 days
Source
Cameron, A.C. and P.K. Trivedi (1986) “Econometric Models Based on Count Data: Comparisons and Applications of Some Estimators and Tests”, Journal of Applied Econometrics, 1, 29-54..
References
Cameron, A.C. and Trivedi P.K. (1998) Regression analysis of count data, Cambridge University Press, http://cameron.econ.ucdavis.edu/racd/racddata.html, chapter 3.
See Also
Doctor,
DoctorContacts,
Index.Source,
Index.Economics,
Index.Econometrics,
Index.Observations
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