Does health care spending improve health outcomes? Evidence from English programme budgeting data

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 826-842

  Martin, Stephen ^a   Rice, Nigel ^a   Smith, Peter C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Econometric modelling; Programme budgeting; Value of life

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EQUATION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH EXPENDITURE; HEALTH IMPACT; MODELING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ARTICLE; BUDGET; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; ISCHEMIA; NEOPLASM; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIAL WELFARE; TECHNOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BUDGETS; ENGLAND; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); VALUE OF LIFE;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 44649149706     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2007.12.002     Document Type: Article

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