The welfare impact of Medicare HMOs

RAND Journal of Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 719-736

  Town, Robert ^a   Liu, Su ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b MATHEMATICA POLICY RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 1442330813     PISSN: 07416261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1593785     Document Type: Conference Paper

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