Is there a 'secession of the wealthy'? Private health insurance uptake and National Health System support

Bulletin of Economic Research

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 265-287

  Costa Font, Joan ^a,b   Jofre Bonet, Mireia ^c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health insurance; NHS reform; Private health care

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; TAX INCENTIVE;

CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 45449094613     PISSN: 03073378     EISSN: 14678586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8586.2008.00285.x     Document Type: Article

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