Zweifel, Peter; Felder, Stefan; Meiers, Markus - In: Health Economics 8 (1999) 6, pp. 485-496
This paper studies the relationship between health care expenditure (HCE) and age, using longitudinal rather than cross-sectional data. The econometric analysis of HCE in the last eight quarters of life of individuals who died during the period 1983-1992 indicates that HCE depends on remaining...