Demand for medical care by the elderly: A finite mixture approach

Journal of Applied Econometrics

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 313-336

  Deb, Partha ^a   Trivedi, Pravin K ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0031509083     PISSN: 08837252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1255(199705)12:3<313::AID-JAE440>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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