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The impact of health insurance on hospital costs: A multi-equation econometric approach

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  1. State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA

    Richard Dusansky

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  1. Alan M. Leiken
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Leiken, A.M., Dusansky, R. The impact of health insurance on hospital costs: A multi-equation econometric approach. Atlantic Economic Journal 11, 79–85 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02303312

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