Can the Health Insurance Reforms stop an increase in medical costs of middle- and old-aged persons in Japan?
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Keywords
health insurance; medical costs; Engle curve; middle- and old-aged persons; Japan;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I11 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Analysis of Health Care Markets
- I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AGE-2010-05-02 (Economics of Ageing)
- NEP-HEA-2010-05-02 (Health Economics)
- NEP-IAS-2010-05-02 (Insurance Economics)
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