The lifetime distributional impact of government health outlays

Australian Economic Review

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 363-379

  Harding, Ann ^a   Percival, Richard ^a   Schofield, Deborah ^a   Walker, Agnes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^b Retirement and Income Modelling Unit   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPENDITURE; HEALTH SERVICES; PUBLIC SPENDING; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0036941916     PISSN: 00049018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8462.00254     Document Type: Article

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