Cross-state disparities in US health care expenditures

Health Economics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 451-465

  Panopoulou, Ekaterini ^a   Pantelidis, Theologos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PIRAEUS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

convergence clubs; health components; health expenditures; US states

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL CARE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ECONOMICS, MEDICAL; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84874942702     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.2816     Document Type: Article

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