Health care use, out-of-pocket expenditure, and macroeconomic conditions during the great recession

B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 119-156

  Du, Juan ^a   Yagihashi, Takeshi ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

health care utilization; health insurance; unemployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919696156     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19351682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/bejeap-2014-0016     Document Type: Article

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