Development, health services and social determinants of perceived health in Honduras: a non linear econometric model applied to three department capitals

• Autores: Esdras Josiel Sánchez, Tania Soledad Licona, Kenssy Jackeline Licona, Stephanie Julissa Gonzalez, Diana Alejandra Mejia, Felipe Alejandro Paredes, Luis Roberto Salinas
• Localización: Applied econometrics and international development, ISSN 1578-4487, Vol. 18, Nº. 1, 2018, págs. 87-104
• Idioma: inglés
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  • This article is pioneering by using econometric models for analyzing the perceived health factors in Honduras. A simple random samples was taken from three regions of Tegucigalpa, San Pedro Sula and Santa Barbara, later, we estimated a probit model. We conclude that there is proof of a relationship between socioeconomic factors and the perceived health, where in a cluster of 14 explanatory variables, nine are determinant and five weren´t. There was a 38% probability for a positive perceived health for an individual, which diminishes by ages older than 35. Women tended to have a better perception than men did