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The Medical Costs of the Young and Old: A Forty-Year Perspective

In: Frontiers in the Economics of Aging

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David M. Cutler
Ellen Meara

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This chapter was published in: David M. Cutler & Ellen Meara Frontiers in the Economics of Aging, , pages 215-246, 1998.

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  1. Cutler, David M, 1995. "The Incidence of Adverse Medical Outcomes under Prospective Payment," Econometrica, Econometric Society, vol. 63(1), pages 29-50, January. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  2. Newhouse, Joseph P, 1992. "Medical Care Costs: How Much Welfare Loss?," Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association, vol. 6(3), pages 3-21, Summer. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  3. David M. Cutler & Mark McClellan & Joseph P. Newhouse & Dahlia Remler, 1996. "Are Medical Prices Declining?," NBER Working Papers 5750, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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