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Health Benefits and Health Cost Savings Due to Pets: Preliminary Estimates from an Australian National Survey
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“It has been estimated that pet ownership saved Australia $1 billion in 1994 [29], while it may reduce the use of the National Health Service (NHS) in the UK to the value of £2.45 billion per year [30].”
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- Headey, B.
- Affiliations
- The University of Melbourne (AU)
- Corresponding author
- Headey, Bruce
- ORCID
- Headey, Bruce
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- Social Indicators Research
- Published
- 1999-06
- Volume
- 47
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 233-243
- ISSN
- 0303-8300 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-0921
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- W1519770348
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- en
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- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Animal Science and Zoology › Human-Animal Interaction Studies
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Healthcare Policy and Management
- Keywords
- pet ownership, dog owners, cat owners, health benefits, health cost savings, health care costs, physician visits, sleep medication, human-animal interaction, Australia
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