Health care utilization by immigrants in Italy

International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-31

  De Luca, Giuliana ^a   Ponzo, Michela ^b   Andrés, Antonio Rodríguez ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c AL AKHAWAYN UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Count data models; Health care; Immigrants; Italy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874022625     PISSN: 13896563     EISSN: 15736962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10754-012-9119-9     Document Type: Article

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