Private health insurance and utilization of health services in Chile

Applied Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 423-439

  Höfter, Ricardo Henríquez ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33745110363     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840500392797     Document Type: Article

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