On the distribution and dynamics of health care costs

Journal of Applied Econometrics

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 705-721

  French, Eric ^a   Jones, John Bailey ^b  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 10244251727     PISSN: 08837252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jae.790     Document Type: Article

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