The aggregate effects of health insurance: Evidence from the introduction of medicare

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-37

  Finkelstein, Amy ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 33947620519     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/qjec.122.1.1     Document Type: Article

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