The effect of uncertainty on the demand for medical care, health capital and wealth.

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• Publication year

  1998

• Venue

  Journal of Health Economics

• Publication date

  1998-04-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Economics

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  DOI 10.1016/S0167-6296(97)00028-3PMID 10180914
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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