Health care expenditure inertia in the OECD countries: A heterogeneous analysis

Health Care Management Science

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 31-42

  Okunade, Albert A ^a   Suraratdecha, Chutima ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Expenditure inertia; Health care expenditures; OECD countries; Physician induced demand

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST CONTROL; ECONOMICS; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; JAPAN; NEW ZEALAND; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; QUALITY CONTROL; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

BENCHMARKING; CANADA; COST CONTROL; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; NEW ZEALAND; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033641739     PISSN: 13869620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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