Graduate School of Economics, Kobe University, 2-1 Rokkodai-cho Nada-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, 657-8501, Japan.
Research Institute for Economics and Business Administration, Kobe University, Japan.
Health Policy. 2019 Apr;123(4):360-366. doi: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2018.10.013. Epub 2018 Oct 26.
Multiple factors influence individuals to get health checkups. This study investigates key determinants of the health checkup decision by using 2696 Japanese respondents' data from a questionnaire survey entitled "Preference Parameters Study" that was conducted in four countries by the Global Centers of Excellence program at Osaka University. In the Probit and OLS regressions, other than relevant personal attributes being identified, the hyperbolic discounter dummy and its interaction terms with respondents' health behaviors were also included as independent variables. The results suggest that some socio-demographic variables such as gender, age, income, household size, occupational status, educational level are significant. In addition, hyperbolic discounters are found to be more likely than non-hyperbolic discounters to seek health checkups, which indicates that the effect of time preference on health checkup behavior differs significantly among the different types of time discount structures.
多种因素影响个体进行健康检查。本研究使用大阪大学全球卓越中心计划在四个国家开展的题为“偏好参数研究”的问卷调查中 2696 名日本受访者的数据，调查了健康检查决策的关键决定因素。在 Probit 和 OLS 回归中，除了确定相关个人属性外，还将双曲贴现虚拟变量及其与受访者健康行为的交互项作为自变量。结果表明，一些社会人口统计学变量，如性别、年龄、收入、家庭规模、职业状况、教育水平等具有重要意义。此外，发现双曲贴现者比非双曲贴现者更有可能进行健康检查，这表明时间偏好对健康检查行为的影响在不同类型的时间贴现结构中存在显著差异。
