Stationarity of health expenditures and GDP: Evidence from panel unit root tests with heterogeneous structural breaks

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 313-323

  Jewell, Todd ^a   Lee, Junsoo ^b   Tieslau, Margie ^a   Strazicich, Mark C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

C12; C22; C23; Health expenditures; I10; Lagrange multiplier; Panel unit root tests; Structural break

Indexed keywords

HEALTH EXPENDITURE;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMPIRICISM; HEALTH CARE COST; HYPOTHESIS; MEDICAL RESEARCH;

EID: 0037373952     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6296(02)00122-4     Document Type: Article

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