Is post-communist health spending unusual?: A comparison with established market economies

Economics of Transition

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 369-399

  Kornai, János ^a,b   McHale, John ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (Hungary)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health spending; International comparisons; Post communist transition

Indexed keywords

HEALTH SERVICES; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; POST-COMMUNISM; PUBLIC SPENDING; TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY;

EID: 0033902635     PISSN: 09670750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0351.00048     Document Type: Article

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