Hospitals as insurers of last resort

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 1-39

  Garthwaite, Craig ^a   Gross, Tal ^b   Notowidigdo, Matthew J ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85041040813     PISSN: 19457782     EISSN: 19457790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/app.20150581     Document Type: Article

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