VietNamIR Documentation

Medical Expenses in Vietnam (individual Level)

Description

a cross-section from 1997

number of observations : 27765

observation : individuals

country : Vietnam

Usage

data(VietNamI)

Format

A dataframe containing :

pharvis

number of direct pharmacy visits

lnhhexp

log of total medical expenditure

age

age of household head

sex

gender (male,female)

married

married ?

educ

completed diploma level ?

illness

number of of illnesses experiences in past 12 months

injury

injured during survey period ?

illdays

number of illness days

actdays

number of days of limited activity

insurance

respondent has health insurance coverage ?

commune

commune

Source

Vietnam World Bank Livings Standards Survey.

References

Cameron, A.C. and P.K. Trivedi (2005) Microeconometrics : methods and applications, Cambridge, pp.848–853.

See Also

Index.Source, Index.Economics, Index.Econometrics, Index.Observations