Department of Health Care Management

Empirical modeling is one of important method used in research related to medical industry and most of the other social sciences.
Whether an empirical research can identify its impacts is largely depends on the econometric modeling and the design of its estimation strategies.
This course emphasizes on estimation methods used when one encounters the problem of discrete and limited dependent variables.
Specifically, this course tries to teach econometric theory and its practice, and includes
(1) methods with categorical dependent variables, such as multinomial logit (and probit) model, conditional logic model, nested logic model, ordered logic (and probit) model; (2) count data models, such as poisson regression, negative binomial models, hurdle models, zero-inflated poisson and negative binomial models, zero-truncated models (both poisson and negative binomial types)

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