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Health Insurance, Medical Care, and Health Outcomes

A Model of Elderly Health Dynamics

Zhou Yang, Donna B. Gilleskie and Edward C. Norton
Journal of Human Resources, January 2009, 44 (1) 47-114; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.44.1.47
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