Health care expenditure in the last months of life

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 679-695

  Felder, Stefan ^a   Meier, Markus ^b   Schmitt, Horst ^a  

^a Med Faculty   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Demand for health care services; Mortality risk; Willingness to pay for survival

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; DEATH; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INCOME; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MODEL; MORTALITY;

AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; RETIREMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWITZERLAND; TERMINAL CARE; VALUE OF LIFE;

EID: 0033848769     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6296(00)00039-4     Document Type: Article

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