The ageing of society, health services provision and taxes

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 519-537

  Gerdtham, Ulf G ^a   Lundin, Douglas ^b   Sáez Martí, Maria ^c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Pharmaceutical Benefits Board   (Sweden)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS IFN   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ageing; Health care; Panel data; Voting

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844454372     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-005-0223-8     Document Type: Review

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