The distribution of household health expenditures in Australia

Economic Record

Volumn 84, Issue SUPPL.1, 2008, Pages

  Jones, Glenn ^a   Savage, Elizabeth ^b   Van Gool, Kees ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; HEALTH EXPENDITURE; HEALTH SERVICES; HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; MODELING; PARAMETERIZATION; SUBSIDY SYSTEM;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 51249122599     PISSN: 00130249     EISSN: 14754932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4932.2008.00487.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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