Sinking, swimming, or learning to swim in medicare part d

American Economic Review

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2639-2673

  Ketcham, Jonathan D ^a   Lucarelli, Claudio ^b,c,d   Miravete, Eugenio J ^e   Roebuck, M Christopher ^f  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Chile)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^f RxEconomics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MEDICARE; UNITED STATES;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION DISORDERS; CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MEDICARE PART D; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862119128     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.102.6.2639     Document Type: Review

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