ANALYSIS WITH NESTED MULTINOMIAL LOGIT MODEL OF DEMAND FOR HEALTHCARE: AN APPLICATION IN KAYSERI PROVINCE

Determining the factors affecting the demand forhealthcare services are important in terms of providing health services moreeffectively and a more efficient health system. In addition, effectiveprovision of healthcare services is an important element in terms of basicsocio-economic development of co...

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Main Authors: Zeynep Öztürk Yaprak, Eyyup Ecevit
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Language:English
Published: Mehmet Akif Ersoy University 2019-08-01
Series:Mehmet Akif Ersoy Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi
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description Determining the factors affecting the demand forhealthcare services are important in terms of providing health services moreeffectively and a more efficient health system. In addition, effectiveprovision of healthcare services is an important element in terms of basicsocio-economic development of countries. The primary aim of this study is todetermine the factors which affect the demand for healthcare services. In thatframework, factors related to household’s choice of applying to a healthcarefacility because of a health problem and the factors related to household’shealthcare facility choice are investigated using the data collected in Kayseriprovince with survey method. Within the scope of the study, Nested Logit Modelwas implemented to the data set using Full Information Maximum Likelihood(FIML) technique which estimates both decision levels simultaneously. Accordingto the results obtained, the factors which affect the choice of applying to thehealthcare facility were found as the educational level of the household head,severity of the disease and some health problem complaints. Among the factorswhich affect healthcare facility choice, educational level of the patientreduces the likelihood of applying to both public and private healthcarefacilities. Furthermore, likelihood of applying to public healthcare facilitiesreduces with the age of the patient.
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spelling doaj-art-0283452e93734f9987032d988c56a0882025-01-27T14:14:53ZengMehmet Akif Ersoy UniversityMehmet Akif Ersoy Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi2149-16582019-08-016227328510.30798/makuiibf.520696273ANALYSIS WITH NESTED MULTINOMIAL LOGIT MODEL OF DEMAND FOR HEALTHCARE: AN APPLICATION IN KAYSERI PROVINCEZeynep Öztürk Yaprakhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1661-0167Eyyup EcevitDetermining the factors affecting the demand forhealthcare services are important in terms of providing health services moreeffectively and a more efficient health system. In addition, effectiveprovision of healthcare services is an important element in terms of basicsocio-economic development of countries. The primary aim of this study is todetermine the factors which affect the demand for healthcare services. In thatframework, factors related to household’s choice of applying to a healthcarefacility because of a health problem and the factors related to household’shealthcare facility choice are investigated using the data collected in Kayseriprovince with survey method. Within the scope of the study, Nested Logit Modelwas implemented to the data set using Full Information Maximum Likelihood(FIML) technique which estimates both decision levels simultaneously. Accordingto the results obtained, the factors which affect the choice of applying to thehealthcare facility were found as the educational level of the household head,severity of the disease and some health problem complaints. Among the factorswhich affect healthcare facility choice, educational level of the patientreduces the likelihood of applying to both public and private healthcarefacilities. Furthermore, likelihood of applying to public healthcare facilitiesreduces with the age of the patient.https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/790365healthdemand for healthcarediscrete choice modelschoice modelsnested multinomial logit modelkayseriturkeysağlıksağlık hizmetleri talebikesikli tercih modellerinested multinominal logit modelkayseriturkey
spellingShingle Zeynep Öztürk Yaprak
Eyyup Ecevit
ANALYSIS WITH NESTED MULTINOMIAL LOGIT MODEL OF DEMAND FOR HEALTHCARE: AN APPLICATION IN KAYSERI PROVINCE
Mehmet Akif Ersoy Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi
health
demand for healthcare
discrete choice models
choice models
nested multinomial logit model
kayseri
turkey
sağlık
sağlık hizmetleri talebi
kesikli tercih modelleri
nested multinominal logit model
kayseri
turkey
title ANALYSIS WITH NESTED MULTINOMIAL LOGIT MODEL OF DEMAND FOR HEALTHCARE: AN APPLICATION IN KAYSERI PROVINCE
title_full ANALYSIS WITH NESTED MULTINOMIAL LOGIT MODEL OF DEMAND FOR HEALTHCARE: AN APPLICATION IN KAYSERI PROVINCE
title_fullStr ANALYSIS WITH NESTED MULTINOMIAL LOGIT MODEL OF DEMAND FOR HEALTHCARE: AN APPLICATION IN KAYSERI PROVINCE
title_full_unstemmed ANALYSIS WITH NESTED MULTINOMIAL LOGIT MODEL OF DEMAND FOR HEALTHCARE: AN APPLICATION IN KAYSERI PROVINCE
title_short ANALYSIS WITH NESTED MULTINOMIAL LOGIT MODEL OF DEMAND FOR HEALTHCARE: AN APPLICATION IN KAYSERI PROVINCE
title_sort analysis with nested multinomial logit model of demand for healthcare an application in kayseri province
topic health
demand for healthcare
discrete choice models
choice models
nested multinomial logit model
kayseri
turkey
sağlık
sağlık hizmetleri talebi
kesikli tercih modelleri
nested multinominal logit model
kayseri
turkey
url https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/790365
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