Effects of early health-insurance programs on European mortality and fertility trends

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1825-1836

  Winegarden, C R ^a   Murray, John E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

Demographic transition; Europe; Fertility; Health insurance; Historical; Mortality

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; CHILDBEARING; DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY; HEALTH INSURANCE; MORTALITY;

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE FERTILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; MALE FERTILITY; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MORTALITY; PRENATAL CARE; REARING; SIMULATION; SURVIVAL RATE;

BIRTH RATE; EUROPE; FERTILITY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MARRIAGE; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; MORTALITY; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 1542328817     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(03)00403-9     Document Type: Article

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