Does Seeing the Doctor More Often Keep You Out of the Hospital?
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- Kaestner, Robert & Sasso, Anthony T. Lo, 2015. "Does seeing the doctor more often keep you out of the hospital?," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 39(C), pages 259-272.
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- I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Behavior
- I13 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Insurance, Public and Private
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-HEA-2012-08-23 (Health Economics)
- NEP-IAS-2012-08-23 (Insurance Economics)
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