Ageing and health care expenditure in EU-15

European Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 469-478

  Bech, Mickael ^a   Christiansen, Terkel ^a   Khoman, Ehsan ^b   Lauridsen, Jørgen ^a   Weale, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; EU 15 countries; Health care expenditure

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE COST; INCOME; LONGEVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGING; DATABASES AS TOPIC; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 80655124313     PISSN: 16187598     EISSN: 16187601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10198-010-0260-4     Document Type: Article

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