Utilization of Infertility Treatments: The Effects of Insurance Mandates

Demography

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 125-149

  Bitler, Marianne P ^a   Schmidt, Lucie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care utilization; Health insurance mandates; Impaired fecundity; Infertility

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856557320     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: 15337790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13524-011-0078-4     Document Type: Article

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