Progressivity in the financing of decentralized government health programs: A decomposition

Health Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1271-1275

  Wagstaff, Adam ^a   Lindelow, Magnus ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Decentralization; Equalization; Health insurance; Intergovernmental fiscal relations; Solidarity funds

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECENTRALIZATION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TAX;

FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; POLITICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35948980793     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1212     Document Type: Article

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