The income distributive implications of recent private health insurance policy reforms in Australia

European Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 135-148

  Palangkaraya, Alfons ^a   Yong, Jongsay ^a   Webster, Elizabeth ^a   Dawkins, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Private health insurance (PHI); Tax subsidy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAX;

AUSTRALIA; HUMANS; INCOME TAX; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 63449085308     PISSN: 16187598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10198-008-0111-8     Document Type: Article

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