Population ageing and its implications on aggregate health care demand: empirical evidence from 22 OECD countries
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Keywords
Health care expenditure; Proximity to death; Population ageing; I10; J10;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I10 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - General
- J10 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - General
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