Public health expenditure and spatial interactions in a decentralized national health system

Health Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 291-306

  Costa Font, Joan ^a,b   Pons Novell, Jordi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Devolution; Health expenditure; Political competition; Political ideology; Spatial interactions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECENTRALIZATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH ECONOMICS; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; POLITICS; SPAIN;

EID: 33947244984     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1154     Document Type: Article

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