Government health expenditures and health outcomes

Health Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 257-273

  Bokhari, Farasat A S ^a   Gai, Yunwei ^a   Gottret, Pablo ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Elasticity; Government health expenditures; Maternal mortality; Millennium Development Goals; Under five mortality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH ECONOMICS; INCOME; MATERNAL MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; SANITATION;

EID: 33947225665     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1157     Document Type: Article

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