The evolution of income-related health inequalities in Switzerland over time

CESifo Economic Studies

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 666-690

  Leu, Robert E ^a   Schellhorn, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVEY;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 33845644713     PISSN: 1610241X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cesifo/ifl013     Document Type: Article

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