Price and the demand for nongroup health insurance

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Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 122-134

  Auerbach, David ^a,b   Ohri, Sabina ^b  

^a Ford House Office Building   (United States)

^b NONE

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ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RATING SCALE; SAMPLE (STATISTICS); UNITED STATES;

EID: 33748924638     PISSN: 00469580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5034/inquiryjrnl_43.2.122     Document Type: Article

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