## Abstract In Germany, employees are generally obliged to participate in the public health insurance system, where coverage is universal, co‐payments and deductibles are moderate, and premia are based on income. However, they may buy private insurance instead if their income exceeds the compulsory
Health care utilization and self-assessed health: specification of bivariate models using copulas
✍ Scribed by José M. R. Murteira; Óscar D. Lourenço
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 274 KB
- Volume
- 41
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0377-7332
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