The determinants of the demand for private health insurance under Medicare

Applied Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1623-1632

  Hopkins, Sandra ^a   Kidd, Michael P ^b,c  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0009716261     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000368496327598     Document Type: Article

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