Convergence in per capita health expenditures and health outcomes in the OECD countries

Applied Economics

Volumn 44, Issue 30, 2012, Pages 3909-3920

  Panopoulou, Ekaterini ^a   Pantelidis, Theologos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PIRAEUS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Convergence clubs; Health determinants; Health expenditure; Health outcomes; OECD countries

Indexed keywords

GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH EXPENDITURE; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; OECD;

NORWAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80051983052     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2011.583222     Document Type: Article

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