Ageing of population and health care expenditure: A red herring?

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Ageing of population and health care expenditure: A red herring? / Zweifel, Peter; Felder, Stefan; Meiers, Markus.
in: Health Economics, Jahrgang 8, Nr. 6, 01.09.1999, S. 485-496.

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Zweifel P, Felder S, Meiers M. Ageing of population and health care expenditure: A red herring? Health Economics. 1999 Sep 1;8(6):485-496. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1050(199909)8:6<485::AID-HEC461>3.0.CO;2-4

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