Health Insurance and the Obesity Externality

Advances in Health Economics and Health Services Research

Volumn 17, Issue , 2006, Pages 279-318

  Bhattacharya, Jay ^a   Sood, Neeraj ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY WEIGHT; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL WELFARE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; OBESITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL WELFARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33947270365     PISSN: 07312199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0731-2199(06)17011-9     Document Type: Review

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