Does access to health insurance reduce the risk of miscarriages? Evidence from Mexico's Seguro popular

Latin American Economic Review

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Pfutze, Tobias ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health insurance; Mexico; Miscarriages

Indexed keywords

EID: 84943578968     PISSN: 21983526     EISSN: 2196436X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40503-015-0022-x     Document Type: Article

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