## Abstract A recent study by Zweifel __et al.__ (Zweifel P, Felder S, Meiers M. Ageing of the population and health care expenditure: a red herring? __Health Economics__ 1999; **8**: 485β496) suggests that age is not related to health care expenditure among the elderly once βcloseness to deathβ is
Health care expenditures in Africa: An econometric analysis
β Scribed by N. R. Vasudeva Murthy
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 71 KB
- Volume
- 32
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0197-4254
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