On the relationship between GDP and health care expenditure: A new look

Economic Modelling

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 124-129

  Lago Peñas, Santiago ^a,b   Cantarero Prieto, David ^c   Blázquez Fernández, Carla ^c  

^a REDE ^*  (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

GDP; Health care expenditure; Income elasticity; OECD; Panel data

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874775286     PISSN: 02649993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2013.01.021     Document Type: Article

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