Five questions for health economists

International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 217-233

  Ellis, Randall P ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral economics; Health economics; Insurance; Primary care; Risk adjustment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866974996     PISSN: 13896563     EISSN: 15736962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10754-012-9112-3     Document Type: Article

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