Medical savings accounts in Singapore: How much is adequate?

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 855-875

  Chia, Ngee Choon ^a   Tsui, Albert K C ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cohort survival probabilities; Medical savings accounts; Present value of lifetime healthcare expense

Indexed keywords

HEALTH EXPENDITURE; SAVINGS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; FEMALE; FINANCE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FORECASTING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; RETIREMENT; SINGAPORE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL SAVINGS ACCOUNTS; MIDDLE AGED; SINGAPORE;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 23944491475     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2005.01.005     Document Type: Article

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