Reducing public health insurance expenditure: a numerical analysis for Germany

Applied Economics

Volumn 46, Issue 19, 2014, Pages 2228-2241

  Schubert, Stefanie ^a  

^a WHU OTTO BEISHEIM SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

applied general equilibrium analysis; health economics; public economics

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH EXPENDITURE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH POLICY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

GERMANY;

EID: 84898763854     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2014.896982     Document Type: Article

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