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The Effects of Capping Co-Insurance Payments

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  • Folmer, Kees

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  • Westerhout, Ed & Folmer, Kees, 2018. "The Effects of Capping Co-Insurance Payments," Other publications TiSEM 828746fb-4fb0-465b-bdff-3, Tilburg University, School of Economics and Management.
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