%0 Thesis %A KONG, MING %D 2019 %T Three Essays on Health Economics Applications of Panel Data Models %U https://bridges.monash.edu/articles/thesis/Three_Essays_on_Health_Economics_Applications_of_Panel_Data_Models/7871987 %R 10.26180/5c92e5793a690 %K Health Economics %K Panel data model %K Semiparametric %K Trending %K Health Economics %X This thesis applies advanced panel data methodologies to the analysis of three health economic problems: clinical and non-clinical factors and cross hospital comparison for elective surgery waiting times in Victorian public hospitals, the determinants of health care expenditure and trend analysis of OECD countries, and socio-economic factors and common trends of suicide rates in OECD countries. Novel modelling features such as non-parametric techniques, factor structure, heterogeneous effects, endogeneity and cross sectional dependence are shown to have significant impacts on key results for policy relevant questions in these three research areas. %I Monash University