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Richard Arnould Maciosek, Michael V. 2015-09-25T22:47:36Z 2015-09-25T22:47:36Z 10000-01-01 1997 1997 International studies of health care expenditures find income elasticities of aggregate demand for health care in the range of 1.0 to 1.5. Applying these same models to a U.S. time series using ordinary least squares to estimate a cointegrating relationship yields estimates in this range. Application of more recent time-series methods yields income elasticities of less than one, providing evidence that health care is not a luxury good in aggregate. While we lack the data and the econometric techniques to provide precise estimates, it appears that at most 45 percent of the growth of health care expenditures is preventable without welfare loss through changes in the insurance system and productivity of health services. This portion is likely to be significantly lower in practical terms. Made available in DSpace on 2015-09-25T22:47:36Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license.txt: 4848 bytes, checksum: 96035ab3f5e1c23cc7138a224ce498bd (MD5) 9737185.pdf: 7060964 bytes, checksum: b62bf956d5be40e1c967c924ce229583 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1997 Embargo set by: Seth Robbins for item 86894 Lift date: Forever Reason: Restricted to the U of I community idenfinitely during batch ingest of legacy ETDs Restricted to the U of I community idenfinitely during batch ingest of legacy ETDs U of I Only 201 p. Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/85613 (MiAaPQ)AAI9737185 eng Health Sciences, Health Care Management An Analysis of Health Sector Trends: Incorporating Theories of Unbalanced Growth text Economics Economics University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Dissertation Ph.D.