The income elasticity of health care spending in developing and developed countries

International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 145-162

  Farag, Marwa ^a   NandaKumar, A K ^b   Wallack, Stanley ^b   Hodgkin, Dominic ^b   Gaumer, Gary ^c   Erbil, Can ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SIMMONS COLLEGE   (United States)

^d BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Governance; Income elasticity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INCOME; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGED; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INCOME; MODELS, ECONOMIC;

EID: 84860674389     PISSN: 13896563     EISSN: 15736962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10754-012-9108-z     Document Type: Article

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