An experimental investigation of mixed systems of public and private health care finance

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 713-729

  Buckley, Neil J ^a   Cuff, Katherine ^b   Hurley, Jeremiah ^b,c   McLeod, Logan ^d   Mestelman, Stuart ^b   Cameron, David ^b,c  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Experiment; Health care finance; Health insurance; Needs based allocation; Public health care; Rationing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870393742     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2012.09.016     Document Type: Article

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