Health insurance before the welfare state: The destruction of self-help by state intervention

Independent Review

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 367-387

  Chalupníček, Pavel ^a   Dvořák, Lukáš ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS   (Czech Republic)

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Indexed keywords

HEALTH INSURANCE; INCENTIVE; SELF HELP; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL POLICY; STATE ROLE;

EID: 58149308180     PISSN: 10861653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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