Health insurance reform and older Australians

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 63-68

  Temple, Jeromey B ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aged; Health insurance; Health insurance for aged; Health care reform; Insurance coverage

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247666184     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2006.00151.x     Document Type: Article

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