A multilevel analysis on the determinants of regional health care expenditure: A note

European Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 59-65

  López Casasnovas, Guillem ^a   Saez, Marc ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fiscal decentralization; Health care expenditure; Multilevel hierarchical models; Regional composition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; INCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SAMPLE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MODELS, ECONOMIC;

EID: 33847127888     PISSN: 16187598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10198-006-0007-4     Document Type: Article

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