Spending to save? State health expenditure and infant mortality in India

Health Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 911-928

  Bhalotra, Sonia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health; India; Infant mortality; Poverty; Public spending

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INCOME; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RELIGION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; TREND STUDY; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 34548435669     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1260     Document Type: Article

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