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Cross sectional sample for 2003.

Usage

docvis

Format

A data frame with 3677 rows and 22 variables.

offer

Binary: employer offers insurance

ssiratio

Ratio of SSI income to total income

age

Age in years

educyr

Years of education

physician

Number of visits to doctor

nonphysician

Number of visits to health professional (not doctor)

medicaid

Binary: has medicaid public insurance

private

Binary: has private supplementary insurance

female

Binary: female

phylim

Binary: physical limitation

actlim

Binary: activity limitation

income

Income (in thousands)

totchr

Number of chronic conditions

insured

Same as private

age2

age squared

linc

log(income)

bh

Binary: black or hispanic

docvis

Number of doctor visits

ldocvis

log(docvis) if docvis > 0

ldocvisa

log(docvis + .01)

one

Constant term (1)

docbin

Binary: docvis > 0

Source

https://www.stata-press.com/data/mus2.html mus220mepsdocvis.dta

References

Cameron, A. C., and P. K. Trivedi. 2022. Microeconometrics Using Stata, Second Edition. Volumes I and II. College Station, TX: Stata Press.