Supplemental health insurance ownership in Israel: An empirical analysis and some implications

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 821-829

  Shmueli, Amir ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Health effect; National health insurance; Regulation; Supplemental health insurance

Indexed keywords

HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTHCARE; SOCIAL POLICY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DENTAL CARE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISRAEL; MALE; MARKET; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSING; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

AGED; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, DENTAL; INSURANCE, HEALTH; INSURANCE, NURSING SERVICES; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERVIEWS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL CLASS; URBAN POPULATION;

ISRAEL;

EID: 0031911972     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(97)00202-5     Document Type: Article

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