Is health care a luxury? New evidence from OECD data

International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 147-164

  Sen, Anindya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health expenditure; Income

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT MORTALITY; NEWBORN;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN;

EID: 20344391131     PISSN: 13896563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10754-005-1866-4     Document Type: Article

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