Tesis para optar al grado de Magíster en Economía / We provide pioneer evidence about the determinants of treatment of three chronic conditions
in Chile. By exploiting a rich database, we are able to include non-cognitive characteristics
as one of the many determinants of this decision. We find that some people can’t and some
people don’t want to go under treatment. Both descriptive and econometric analysis are consistent
in showing that there exists substantial heterogeneity across diseases. The evidence
shows that there is little but significant effect of risk aversion and self-control in the decision
of treatment of depression and diabetes, and no effect for hypertension. Male population
with worse self-control levels and more risk-seeking behavior tend to show smaller treatment
rates for diabetes. We also find that health insurance is not a relevant dimension for this
decision, being this previously documented by empirical literature.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UCHILE/oai:repositorio.uchile.cl:2250/137121 |
| Date | 18 May 2015 |
| Creators | Guzmán Pinto, Pablo Ignacio |
| Contributors | Contreras Guajardo,Dante,1965-, Escuela de Postgrado, Economía y Negocios |
| Publisher | Universidad de Chile |
| Source Sets | Universidad de Chile |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Tesis |
| Rights | Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 Chile, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/cl/ |
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