Medical savings accounts: assessing their impact on efficiency, equity, and financial protection in health care
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-HEA-2016-03-17 (Health Economics)
- NEP-IAS-2016-03-17 (Insurance Economics)
- NEP-SEA-2016-03-17 (South East Asia)
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