Health information and the demand for preventive care among the elderly in Taiwan.

This paper uses a direct measure of information to empirically investigate the determinants of consumer health information and the linkage of the information to demand for preventive care. In our analysis, two equations are estimated: (1) health information and (2) demand for preventive care, whic...

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Published in:	Journal of Human Resources Vol. 32; pp. 308 - 334
Main Authors:	Hsieh, Chee-Ruey, Lin, Shin-Jong
Format:	Article
Published:	University of Wisconsin Press Spring97
Subjects:	Health of older people Preventive medicine Health literacy Older people Taiwan
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