Comparative analysis of health care costs in Japan and the United States: A simulation of productivity and savings behavior

Japan and the World Economy

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 429-454

  Sato, Yuko ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Health care costs; I10; J14; Japan; O57; Savings; United States

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041759814     PISSN: 09221425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0922-1425(01)00066-4     Document Type: Article

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