International comparisons in health economics: Evidence from aging studies

Annual Review of Economics

Volumn 4, Issue , 2012, Pages 57-81

  Banks, James ^a,b   Smith, James P ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR FISCAL STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

health outcomes; international; international data; policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873143172     PISSN: 19411383     EISSN: 19411391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-economics-080511-110944     Document Type: Article

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