The economic burden of health care, funeral, and burial expenditures at the end of life

Journal of Consumer Affairs

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 35-55

  Fan, Jessie X ^a   Zick, Cathleen D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

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EID: 2942683716     PISSN: 00220078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6606.2004.tb00464.x     Document Type: Review

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