Are private health insurance subscribers unsatisfied with the Spanish national health system?

Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance: Issues and Practice

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 650-668

  Costa Font, Joan ^a,b   Jofre Bonet, Mireia ^c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health care quality; Health care satisfaction; Partial opting out; Private health insurance

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750465848     PISSN: 10185895     EISSN: 14680440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.gpp.2510102     Document Type: Article

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