Proximity to death and health care costs

The LSE Companion to Health Policy

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 221-232

  Murphy, Michael ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84882026139     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781781004241.00024     Document Type: Chapter

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