HMO plans, self-selection and utilization of health care services

Applied Economics

Volumn 39, Issue 21, 2007, Pages 2769-2784

  Shin, Jaeun ^a   Moon, S ^b  

^a Korea Development Institute   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 36549009169     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840600749391     Document Type: Article

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