Characteristics of demand for antibiotics in primary care
an almost ideal demand system approach
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Authors
Filippini M.,
Masiero G.,
Moschetti K.
Type
Preprint
Year
2007
Language
English
Abstract
We model demand for different classes of antibiotics used for respiratory infections in outpatient care using a linear approximate almost ideal demand system approach. We compute elasticities to socioeconomic determinants of consumption and own- and cross- price elasticities between different groups of antibiotics. We find significant elasticities between newer/more expensive generations and older/less expensive generations of antibiotics. The larger use of more expensive antibiotics is also associated with the self-dispensing status of practices, ceteris paribus.
Keywords
Antibiotic use, Demand equations, Demand elasticities, Almost Ideal Model, Self-dispensing
Pages (or article number)
25 p
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License
License undefined
Visibility
Public
Status open access
Green
