Obesity and moral hazard in demand for visits to physicians

Geir Waehler Gustavsen; Rodolfo M. Nayga; Ximing Wu

doi:10.1111/j.1465-7287.2010.00226.x

Obesity and moral hazard in demand for visits to physicians

Geir Waehler Gustavsen^*
, Rodolfo M. Nayga
, Ximing Wu

^*Corresponding author for this work

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In this article, we use count data regression with sample selection to analyze the effects and degree of moral hazard in demand for visits to physicians among groups of individuals with similar body mass index (BMI). Our results suggest that the effect of moral hazard on the demand for visits to doctors is increasing in BMI for men and for overweight and obese women. Moral hazard is highest among overweight men.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	620-633
Number of pages	14
Journal	Contemporary Economic Policy
Volume	29
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1465-7287.2010.00226.x
Publication status	Published - 2011 Oct

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