On the international stability of health care expenditure functions: Are government and private functions similar?

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 589-613

  Clemente, Jesús ^a   Marcuello, Carmen ^a   Montañés, Antonio ^a   Pueyo, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

C11; C22; C23; Cointegration; Elasticity; GDP; Government; I10; I11; I20; Private and total health care expenditure; Structural breaks

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; ELASTICITY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; THEORETICAL MODEL;

HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 2342466098     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2003.08.007     Document Type: Article

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