Effects of recent carrot-and-stick policy initiatives on private health insurance coverage in Australia

Economic Record

Volumn 81, Issue 254, 2005, Pages 262-272

  Palangkaraya, Alfons ^a   Yong, Jongsay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH INSURANCE; INSURANCE INDUSTRY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

DAUCUS CAROTA;

EID: 29144496005     PISSN: 00130249     EISSN: 14754932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4932.2005.00260.x     Document Type: Review

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