Why Does the Utilization of Pharmaceuticals Vary So Much Across Europe? Evidence from Micro Data on Older Europeans
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Keywords
Pharmaceuticals; heath care; elderly; Europe;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-2009-04-25 (Economics of Ageing)
- NEP-EEC-2009-04-25 (European Economics)
- NEP-HEA-2009-04-25 (Health Economics)
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