Healthcare expenditure and the major determinants in Japan

Hitotsubashi Journal of Economics

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-16

  Tokita, Tadahiko ^a   Chino, Tetsuro ^b   Kitaki, Hideaki ^c  

^a HITOTSUBASHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Social Policy Bureau   (Japan)

Author keywords

Categorization of patients; Healthcare expenditure; Income elasticity; Japanese healthcare system; Regional variations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034378680     PISSN: 0018280X     EISSN: 2436097X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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