Comment-Defining health insurance affordability: Unobserved heterogeneity matters

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1129-1140

  Bradley, Ralph ^a  

^a BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral affordability; Normative affordability

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; HEALTH EXPENDITURE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HETEROGENEITY; MODELING;

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH INSURANCE; MARKET; MATHEMATICAL MODEL;

EID: 44649121500     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2008.02.004     Document Type: Note

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