Disability Insurance Adjudication Criteria and the Incidence of Hard-to-Diagnose Medical Conditions

B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Campolieti, Michele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

adjudication criteria; disability insurance; hard to diagnose medical conditions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940761926     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19351682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/1538-0645.1536     Document Type: Article

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