Technology as a 'major driver' of health care costs: A cointegration analysis of the Newhouse conjecture

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 147-159

  Okunade, Albert A ^a   Murthy, Vasudeva N R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cointegration; Exogeneity; Health care cost; Technological change; Unit root

Indexed keywords

COINTEGRATION ANALYSIS; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE; INCOME; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

ARTICLE; DRIVER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HYPOTHESIS; INCOME; INTEGRATION; TECHNOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INCOME; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; RESEARCH SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036156477     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6296(01)00122-9     Document Type: Article

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