A critique of the private health insurance regulations

Australian Economic Review

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 257-270

  Vaithianathan, Rhema ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH POLICY; INSURANCE SYSTEM; PRIVATE SECTOR; SOCIAL POLICY; SUBSIDY SYSTEM;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 4744367343     PISSN: 00049018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8462.2004.00328.x     Document Type: Article

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