The great recession and increased cost sharing in European health systems

Health Affairs

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1204-1213

  Palladino, Raffaele ^a   Lee, John Tayu ^a,b   Hone, Thomas ^a   Filippidis, Filippos T ^a   Millett, Christopher ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; CZECH REPUBLIC; EUROPEAN; HEALTH CARE COST; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; ITALY; RETIREMENT; SPAIN; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST; ECONOMIC RECESSION; ECONOMICS; EUROPE; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INSURANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COST SHARING; CZECH REPUBLIC; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ECONOMIC RECESSION; EUROPE; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL CLASS; SPAIN;

EID: 84980340558     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2015.1170     Document Type: Article

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