Decomposing the determinants of health care expenditure: The case of Spain

European Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 19-27

  Prieto, David Cantarero ^a   Lago Peñas, Santiago ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fiscal federalism; Regional health expenditure; Regional inequalities

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INCOME; PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPAIN;

AGED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; SPAIN;

EID: 84858698521     PISSN: 16187598     EISSN: 16187601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10198-010-0276-9     Document Type: Article

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