Causality between poverty, health expenditure and health status: Evidence from nigeria using VECM

European Journal of Economics, Finance and Administrative Sciences

Volumn , Issue 27, 2010, Pages 120-129

  Riman, Hodo B ^a   Akpan, Emmanuel S ^b  

^a MICHAEL OKPARA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Adult literacy rate; Government health expenditure; Health status; Income inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 79251601618     PISSN: 14502275     EISSN: 14502275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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