The income elasticity of health care spending: A comparison of parametric and nonparametric approaches

European Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 20-29

  Di Matteo, Livio ^a  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health expenditures; Income elasticity; Nonparametric

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CANADA; EMPIRICISM; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037263347     PISSN: 16187598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10198-002-0141-6     Document Type: Article

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