Open AccessModeling Per Capita State Health Expenditure Variation: State-Level Characteristics Matter
Author(s) -
Gigi A. Cuckler,
Andrea M. Sisko
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
medicare and medicaid research review
Language(s) - Italian
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2159-0354
DOI - 10.5600/mmrr.003.04.a03
Subject(s) - medicaid , per capita , health care , demographic economics , actuary , econometric model , economics , personal income , business , actuarial science , public economics , economic growth , environmental health , econometrics , medicine , population
In this paper, we describe the methods underlying the econometric model developed by the Office of the Actuary in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, to explain differences in per capita total personal health care spending by state, as described in Cuckler, et al. (2011). Additionally, we discuss many alternative model specifications to provide additional insights for valid interpretation of the model.