Marginal benefit incidence of public health spending: Evidence from Indonesian sub-national data

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 147-157

  Kruse, Ioana ^a   Pradhan, Menno ^b   Sparrow, Robert ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Benefit incidence; Decentralization; Health care utilization; Indonesia; Public spending

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DECENTRALIZATION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE; LOW INCOME POPULATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC SPENDING;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BENEFIT INCIDENCE ANALYSIS; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; INDONESIA; OUTPATIENT CARE; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INDONESIA; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; PUBLIC HEALTH;

INDONESIA;

EID: 84858073594     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: 18791646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2011.09.003     Document Type: Article

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