Accession Number:

ADA010967

Title:

Non-Monetary Factors in the Demand for Medical Services: Some Empirical Evidence,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CALIF

Personal Author(s):

• Acton,Jan Paul

Report Date:

1974-11-01

Pagination or Media Count:

34.0

Abstract:

The paper considers the effects of travel distance in determining the demand for medical services in New York City, an especially good laboratory in which to try to examine the effects of nonmonetary prices because of the long-standing availability of free care in the citys municipal hospitals and clinics. After developing a formal model of the demand for medical services that includes a payment in money and in time for private care, the predictions are tested on a cross-sectional survey of about 2600 users of City hospital out-patient departments.

Descriptors:

• *MEDICAL SERVICES
• *TRAVEL TIME
• MATHEMATICAL MODELS
• REQUIREMENTS
• POLICIES
• ECONOMICS
• PREDICTIONS
• NEW YORK
• TABLES(DATA)
• URBAN AREAS

Subject Categories:

• Medicine and Medical Research

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE