Causes and Consequences of Regional Variations in Health Care

Handbook of Health Economics

Volumn 2, Issue , 2011, Pages 45-93

  Skinner, Jonathan ^a  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care productivity; Health economics; Regional variations; Small area analysis; Spatial models

Indexed keywords

EID: 83255192336     PISSN: 15740064     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53592-4.00002-5     Document Type: Chapter

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