The growth of public health expenditures in OECD countries: Do government ideology and electoral motives matter?

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 797-810

  Potrafke, Niklas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electoral cycles; Government ideology; Panel data; Partisan politics; Public health expenditures

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH EXPENDITURE; HEALTH POLICY; IDEOLOGY; OECD; PANEL DATA; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTION; EMPIRICISM; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; IDEOLOGY; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 77958156546     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2010.07.008     Document Type: Article

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