Preference for national health service use and the demand for private health insurance in Spain

Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance: Issues and Practice

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 705-718

  Costa Font, Joan ^a,b   Font Vilalta, Montserrat ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

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EID: 7444272016     PISSN: 10185895     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0440.2004.00312.x     Document Type: Review

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