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Medical-Care Expenditure: A Cross-National Survey (Newhouse, 1977)
Description
These are the data in Newhouse's (1977) simple OLS model from 1977. In
his case, he's trying to explain medical care expenditures as a function of GDP
per capita for these countries. It's probably the easiest OLS model I can find
in print because Newhouse helpfully provides all the data in one simple table.
Usage
Newhouse77
Format
A data frame with 13 observations on the following 5 variables.
countrya character vector for the country
yeara numeric vector for the year
gdppca numeric vector for the per capita GDP in USD
medsharegdpa numeric vector for the medical care share as percentage of GDP
medexppca numeric vector for per capita medical care expenditure (in USD)
Details
Table 1 in Newhouse (1977) is well-annotated with background information.
References
Newhouse, Joseph P. 1977. "Medical-Care Expenditure: A Cross-National Survey." Journal of Human Resources 12(1): 115-125.
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Medical-Care Expenditure: A Cross-National Survey (Newhouse, 1977)
Description
These are the data in Newhouse's (1977) simple OLS model from 1977. In his case, he's trying to explain medical care expenditures as a function of GDP per capita for these countries. It's probably the easiest OLS model I can find in print because Newhouse helpfully provides all the data in one simple table.
Usage
Newhouse77
Format
A data frame with 13 observations on the following 5 variables.
countrya character vector for the country
yeara numeric vector for the year
gdppca numeric vector for the per capita GDP in USD
medsharegdpa numeric vector for the medical care share as percentage of GDP
medexppca numeric vector for per capita medical care expenditure (in USD)
Details
Table 1 in Newhouse (1977) is well-annotated with background information.
References
Newhouse, Joseph P. 1977. "Medical-Care Expenditure: A Cross-National Survey." Journal of Human Resources 12(1): 115-125.
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