What drives health care expenditure?-Baumol's model of 'unbalanced growth' revisited

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 603-623

  Hartwig, Jochen ^a  

^a KOF SWISS ECONOMIC INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Health care expenditure; OECD panel; Unbalanced growth

Indexed keywords

GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH EXPENDITURE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MODELING; OECD; WAGE;

ARTICLE; BAUMOL MODEL; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MODEL; PRODUCTIVITY;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; EFFICIENCY; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS;

EID: 43749087594     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2007.05.006     Document Type: Article

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