The Interaction of public and private insurance: medicaid and the long-term care insurance market

American Economic Review

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1083-1102

  Brown, Jeffrey R ^a   Finkelstein, Amy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 57749205927     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.98.3.1083     Document Type: Article

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