Health expenses and economic growth: Convergence dynamics across the Indian States

International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics

Volumn 13, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 261-277

  Apergis, Nicholas ^a   Padhi, Puja ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PIRAEUS   (Greece)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Growth convergence; Health expenses convergence; Indian States; Logt test

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INDIA; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INDIA; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC;

EID: 84887491518     PISSN: 13896563     EISSN: 15736962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10754-013-9130-9     Document Type: Article

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