Impending widowhood and health care spending

Social Science Research

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 538-555

  Zick, Cathleen D ^a   Fan, Jessie X ^a   Chang, Kuo Liang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

End of life; Health related expenditures; Widowhood

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043055865     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2003.10.001     Document Type: Article

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