Willingness to pay in china's new cooperative medical system

Contemporary Economic Policy

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 88-100

  Brown, Philip H ^a   Huff, Thomas ^b  

^a Colby College   (United States)

^b Data Research and Analysis   (United States)

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EID: 78651098948     PISSN: 10743529     EISSN: 14657287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-7287.2010.00199.x     Document Type: Article

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