Public health care with waiting time: The role of supplementary private health care

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 599-616

  Hoel, Michael ^a   Sæther, Erik Magnus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b RAGNAR FRISCH CENTRE FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Health queues; Private health care; Public health care; Waiting time

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE;

ARTICLE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; TAX;

EID: 0038691607     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6296(03)00007-9     Document Type: Article

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