Waiting times and the decision to buy private health insurance. CHERE Working Paper 2010/9
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Private health insurance; Australia;JEL classification:
- I11 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Analysis of Health Care Markets
- J7 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Discrimination
- H51 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Government Expenditures and Health
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-HEA-2010-07-24 (Health Economics)
- NEP-IAS-2010-07-24 (Insurance Economics)
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