The Effect of Endogenous Health Inputs on the Relationship between Health and Education.

Gilleskie, Donna B.; Harrison, Amy L.

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ERIC Number: EJ575156

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1998

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The Effect of Endogenous Health Inputs on the Relationship between Health and Education.

Gilleskie, Donna B.; Harrison, Amy L.

Economics of Education Review, v17 n3 p279-97 Jun 1998

Examines education's effects on choice of medical care inputs and the subsequent relationship between these inputs and overall health. Specifically examines consumption of curative and preventive medical care and other lifestyle choices, using nultivariate analysis of three estimation models and 1987 National Medical Expenditure Survey data. Education significantly influences health status for both sexes. (28 references) (MLH)

Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Life Style, Mathematical Models, Medical Services, Multivariate Analysis, Preventive Medicine

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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