Measuring recession severity and its impact on healthcare expenditure

International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 139-155

  Keegan, Conor ^a   Thomas, Steve ^a   Normand, Charles ^a   Portela, Conceição ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Economic and financial crisis; Healthcare expenditures; Recession severity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMIC RECESSION; EUROPE; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; STATISTICS;

ECONOMIC RECESSION; EUROPE; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS;

EID: 84878169631     PISSN: 13896563     EISSN: 15736962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10754-012-9121-2     Document Type: Article

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