Do incentives, complexity and the demand for leisure explain caesarean-section deliveries?

International Journal of Social Economics

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 906-915

  Font, Joan Costa i ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Childbirth; Health services; Hospitals; Lifestyles; Spain

Indexed keywords

EID: 68349137569     PISSN: 03068293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03068290910977739     Document Type: Article

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