Private health insurance and public expenditures in Jamaica

Journal of Econometrics

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 237-257

  Gertler, Paul ^a,b   Sturm, Roland ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Health insurance; Medical care demand; Public expenditures

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000598337     PISSN: 03044076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4076(96)01814-3     Document Type: Article

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