Generational accounting in European health care systems

Finance a Uver - Czech Journal of Economics and Finance

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 378-399

  Prušvic, David ^a   Pavloková, Kateřina ^b  

^a Ministry of Finance of the Czech Republic   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Generational accounts; Health care financing; Population ageing; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551568795     PISSN: 00151920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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