Preventive versus Curative Medicine: A Policy Exercise for the Classroom

Journal of Economic Education

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 59-71

  Helwege, Ann ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0030545356     PISSN: 00220485     EISSN: 21524068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220485.1996.10844895     Document Type: Article

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