Readme for Dataset "data_waitingtimes.dta"


Used for the following paper: 
	Title - "Waiting times for outpatient treatment in Germany: New experimental evidence from primary data"
	Authors - Nils Heinrich, Ansgar Wübker and Christiane Wuckel
	Journal - Special Issue „Empirical Health Economics“

Source : Self- collected data

  obs:           513                          
 vars:            25                          20 Mar 2018 18:42
 size:        89,262                          
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              storage   display    value
variable name   type    format     label      variable label
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treat_eye       byte    %10.0g                Eye examination
treat_ear       byte    %10.0g                Hearing test
treat_lung      byte    %10.0g                Pulmonary function test
treat_allergy   byte    %10.0g                Allergy test
treat_MRT       byte    %10.0g                MRT of the knee
treat_gastro    byte    %10.0g                Gastroscopy
insurance       byte    %10.0g     kk         Insurance
call            str103  %103s                 Date of Call (String)
call_date       float   %td                   Date of Call
call_day        float   %9.0g      woche      Weekday of call
call_number     str1    %9s                   Number of calls
call_time       str1    %9s                   Time of Call
appointment     str10   %10s                  Appointment
appointment_d~e float   %td                   Date of Appointment
appointment_t~e str8    %9s                   Time of Appointment
exclusion       byte    %51.0g     excl       Exclusion reason
estimation_app  str1    %9s                   Imprecise Appointment date
app_exists      float   %9.0g                 Appointment was given
waitingtime     int     %12.0g                Working days until appointment
treatment       float   %23.0g     unter      Treatment
period          float   %17.0g     per        Period
year            float   %9.0g      per2       Year
ident           float   %9.0g                 ID
lwaitingtime    float   %9.0g                 Log(waiting time)
dwaitingtime    float   %9.0g                 Waiting time longer than 20 days
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*** Sequence of Dofiles ***

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Start the Masterfile
•	Run “0_masterfile”
•	Note: each of the following dofiles will be started automatically by the masterfile, i.e. you have to do nothing else than starting the master-file

1. Data preparation dofile

	"1a_Dataprep_2014.do" 		// Data 2014
	
	"1b_Dataprep_2016_W1.do"	// Data 2016 - Wave 1

	"1c_Dataprep_2016_W2.do"	// Data 2016 - Wave 2


2. Labeling Do-File 
	"2_Labels.do" 

3. This do file prepares the descriptive statistics
	"3_DescriptiveStatistics.do"

4. This do-file runs the regressions 
	 "4_Regressions.do"

5. This do-file conducts the analysis of variance
	"5_Variance.do"

6. This do-file prepares the graphs
	"6_Graphs.do"
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*** Access to the data  ***
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Start the Masterfile
In this paper we use primary data collected by different research at RWI Essen. 
Posting of these data on the website in case of acceptance is not possible as these are partly proprietary data. 
However, researchers can apply to obtain access to the data at the authors of the study (email: ansgar.wuebker@rwi-essen.de). 
It is expected that reasonable applications including projects that aim to replicate this paper will be accepted. 
The data application process includes a short informal request for data use.
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