Life expectancy and welfare in Latin America and the Caribbean

Health Economics

Volumn 18, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Soares, Rodrigo R ^a,b,c  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c IZA ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Health; Inequality; Life expectancy; Value of life; Welfare

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INCOME; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; WELFARE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; LATIN AMERICA; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; WEST INDIES; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 67649304643     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1460     Document Type: Article

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