The relationship between health expenditures and the age structure of the population in OECD countries

Health Economics

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 573-578

  O'Connell, Joan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Ageing; Health expenditures; OECD countries

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EUROPE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INCOME; JAPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH AMERICA; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AUSTRALIA; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; EUROPE; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INCOME; JAPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0030277338     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1050(199611)5:6<573::AID-HEC231>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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