Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/87925 
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Year of Publication: 
1998
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Working Paper No. 391
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Inter-American Development Bank, Office of the Chief Economist, Washington, DC
Abstract: 
Recent literature on Latin American countries shows that private expenses as a share of the total expenditures in health tend to be higher the lower the nation`s level of economic development. This paper considers a discrete choice model of product differentiation, where consumer choice is based on a price-quality tradeoff. Physicians are involved in a dual-job holding structure, working as agents in the official sector while they maximize profits in a fragmented private sector.
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Working Paper

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