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Effects of Food and Health Spending Patterns on the Health of the Elderly

Examines linkages between food and health spending patterns, income, and health status of the elderly. Links these relationships to food insecurity and expenditures on nutraceuticals. Methodology includes simultaneous estimation of expenditure systems and health production functions. Preliminary results indicate simultaneity between health production function and spending patterns throughout the life cycle.
Year of publication:
2002-07
Authors: Gomez, Miguel I. ; Ranney, Christine K.
Institutions: Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University
Subject: Health Economics and Policy
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Type of publication: Book / Working Paper
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The text is part of a series Department of Applied Economics and Management>Working Papers Number 127306
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Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010921162
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