The determinants of health care expenditure: A cointegration approach

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 127-137

  Hansen, Paul ^a   King, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

cointegration; health care expenditure; OECD; stationarity; time series

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INCOME;

EID: 0029877442     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-6296(95)00017-8     Document Type: Article

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