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David Cantarero Prieto, Marta Pascual Sáez, Carla Blázquez Fernández
This paper tests for the determinants of health care services utilization in Spain. The data used stem from the European Health Interview Survey (EHIS) for Spain (2014). The analysis is carried out using discrete choice and count data models for each of the public health care services analysed (general practitioner –GP-, specialist and emergency visits, and hospitalisations). Health variables and other socioeconomic and demographic characteristics were controlled at individual level. It can be concluded that, our results support those in the literature for which the above mentioned variables are mainly related to social characteristics as age, gender, education level or self-assessed health. W e hypothesize that our findings could be relevant for current debates in the literature on health economics. From a policy economic perspective, this contribution could be valuable to policymakers when planning to improve health services management.
