The demand for medical care in Japan: Initial findings from a Japanese natural experiment

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 273-277

  Kan, Mari ^a   Suzuki, Wataru ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO GAKUGEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMAND ANALYSIS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICES; PRICE DYNAMICS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 33646369692     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: 14664291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504850500398583     Document Type: Article

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