The sustainability of public health expenditures: Evidence from the Canadian federation

European Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 569-584

  Di Matteo, Livio ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Expenditures; Forecasts; Health; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAX;

BUDGETS; CANADA; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 78649905784     PISSN: 16187598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10198-009-0214-x     Document Type: Article

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