Insuring against Health Shocks: Health Insurance and Household Choices
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- Liu, Kai, 2016. "Insuring against health shocks: Health insurance and household choices," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 46(C), pages 16-32.
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Keywords
health shock; health insurance; China;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D1 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior
- O1 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development
- I1 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CNA-2015-06-27 (China)
- NEP-HEA-2015-06-27 (Health Economics)
- NEP-IAS-2015-06-27 (Insurance Economics)
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