Health insurance coverage and health care utilization: Evidence from the Affordable Care Act’s dependent coverage mandate
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عنوان ژورنال: Forum for Health Economics and Policy
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1558-9544
DOI: 10.1515/fhep-2017-0032