An analysis of income-related inequalities in the health care use by dinamic models;Análisis de las desigualdades socioeconómicas en la utilización de asistencia sanitaria mediante modelos dinámicos

Hacienda Publica Espanola

Volumn 186, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 9-42

  Álvarez, Ma Luz González ^a   Barranquero, Antonio Clavero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Concentration indexes; Decomposition of inequality; Dynamic models; Panel data

Indexed keywords

EID: 71649085640     PISSN: 02101173     EISSN: 11339470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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