Does Free Healthcare Affect Children's Healthcare Use and Outcomes?
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Keywords
children's healthcare subsidy; child-care cost-sharing; children's healthcare utilization; subjective symptoms; child mortality; Japan;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
- I11 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Analysis of Health Care Markets
- I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Behavior
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-HEA-2021-02-15 (Health Economics)
- NEP-IAS-2021-02-15 (Insurance Economics)
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