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# On the Concept of Health Capital and the Demand for Health

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Michael Grossman
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/259880

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Michael Grossman , "On the Concept of Health Capital and the Demand for Health," Journal of Political Economy 80, no. 2 (Mar. - Apr., 1972): 223-255.

DOI: 10.1086/259880

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