The Determinants of Health Care Utilization in Portugal: An Approach with Count Data Models

Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 437-458

  Salvado, João Cotter ^a  

^a NOVA SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS   (Portugal)

Author keywords

C13; C25; C52; count data models; health care utilization; I10; I12; Portugal

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956394047     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22356282     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03399261     Document Type: Article

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