Health care expenditures and gross domestic product: The Turkish case

European Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 29-38

  Sülkü, Seher Nur ^a,b   Caner, Asena ^c  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Turkey)

^b KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Cointegration; Health care expenditure; Health care reform; Income elasticity; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INCOME; POPULATION GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL SECURITY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; TURKEY;

EID: 79551581011     PISSN: 16187598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10198-010-0221-y     Document Type: Article

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