EBK HEALTH ECONOMICS AND POLICY
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ISBN: 9781337668279
Author: Henderson
Publisher: YUZU
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Chapter 12A, Problem 5QAP
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Validation on the ideology that elders bear high medical spending as a result of high cost of dying.
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