Population ageing and health care expenditure: New evidence on the red herring

Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance: Issues and Practice

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 652-666

  Zweifel, Peter ^a   Felder, Stefan ^b   Werblow, Andreas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 7444261981     PISSN: 10185895     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0440.2004.00308.x     Document Type: Review

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