What Have Health Economists Likened to a "Zombie" That Keeps

question 27

Multiple Choice

What have health economists likened to a "zombie" that keeps walking despite its evident death?

• A) health-care policies
• B) stocks in private long-term care homes
• C) apocalyptic demography hypothesis
• D) heath-care professionals' self-interest
• E) ageist attitudes in fiscal assumptions

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