The determinants of health expenditures: Evidence from US state-level data

Applied Economics

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 429-435

  Wang, Zijun ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSS SECTION; HEALTH EXPENDITURE; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; MACROECONOMICS; MODELING; OECD; PANEL DATA;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 60349110571     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840701704527     Document Type: Article

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