Healthy bodies and thick wallets: The dual relation between health and economic status

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 145-166

  Smith, James P ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0000396130     PISSN: 08953309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jep.13.2.145     Document Type: Article

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