Does investment in the health sector promote or inhibit economic growth?

Globalization and Health

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Reeves, Aaron ^a   Basu, Sanjay ^b,c   McKee, Martin ^c   Meissner, Christopher ^d   Stuckler, David ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic growth; Government spending; Health spending

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC IMPACT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH EXPENDITURE; HEALTH SERVICES; INVESTMENT; PUBLIC SPENDING; SERVICE PROVISION;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ECONOMIC RECESSION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT SPENDING; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; MEDICAL SERVICE; ORGANIZATIONAL DOWNSIZING; ORGANIZATIONAL EFFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; EUROPE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE;

EUROPE;

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EUROPE; FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; INVESTMENTS;

EID: 84884401299     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17448603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-8603-9-43     Document Type: Article

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