Catastrophic medical expenditure risk

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 46, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-15

  Flores, Gabriela ^a   O'Donnell, Owen ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c TINBERGEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Asia; Catastrophic payments; Medical expenditures; Reference dependent utility; Risk

Indexed keywords

HEALTH EXPENDITURE; HEALTH INSURANCE; MEDICINE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CHRONIC PATIENT; DECOMPOSITION; ENDOWMENT EFFECT; EXPOSURE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MODEL; PROBABILITY; ASIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TERMINAL DISEASE;

ASIA;

ASIA; CATASTROPHIC ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84955516645     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: 18791646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2016.01.004     Document Type: Article

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