Tests of stationarity and cointegration of health care expenditure and gross domestic product: An application to Turkey

European Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 285-289

  Kiymaz, Halil ^a   Akbulut, Yasemin ^b   Demir, Ahmet ^c  

^a ROLLINS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c DEVELOPMENT BANK OF TURKEY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cointegration; Health care expenditure; Stationarity; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAPITAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; POPULATION GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TURKEY (BIRD);

ECONOMICS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; POPULATION GROWTH; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; TURKEY;

EID: 33847284135     PISSN: 16187598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10198-006-0375-9     Document Type: Article

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