The impact of ageing on health care expenditures: A study of steepening

European Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 979-989

  Gregersen, Fredrik Alexander ^a  

^a AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Ageing; Hospital expenditure; Red herring hypothesis; Steepening; Trends in health care expenditures

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887935030     PISSN: 16187598     EISSN: 16187601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10198-013-0541-9     Document Type: Article

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