Aging and Health Care Costs: Narrative Versus Reality

Poverty and Public Policy

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 3-21

  Kingsley, David E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; health care; inflation; poverty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84989346052     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19442858     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pop4.89     Document Type: Article

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