Insurance and imperfect financial markets in Grossman's demand for health model - A reply to Tabata and Ohkusa

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 821-827

  Liljas, Bengt ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Demand for health; Imperfect financial markets; Insurance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MARKET; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; SALARY;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; INVESTMENTS; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; VALUE OF LIFE;

EID: 0033848822     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6296(00)00034-5     Document Type: Note

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