Is health care really a luxury?

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 207-229

  Blomqvist, A G ^a   Carter, R A L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cointegration; Health care expenditure; Income elasticity; Pooling

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE EXPENDITURE; INCOME ELASTICITY;

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; INCOME;

CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INCOME; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC;

EID: 0030825341     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6296(96)00534-6     Document Type: Article

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