The Marginal Cost of Saving a Life in Health Care: Age, Gender and Regional Differences in Switzerland
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Keywords
Marginal cost of saving a life; value of a statistical life; gender; health production; regional diversity;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- H11 - Public Economics - - Structure and Scope of Government - - - Structure and Scope of Government
- I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Behavior
- I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
- J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
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