The political economy of austerity and healthcare: Cross-national analysis of expenditure changes in 27 European nations 1995-2011

Health Policy

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-8

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Austerity; Healthcare; IMF; Political economy; Recession

Indexed keywords

BUDGET; ECONOMIC RECESSION; ECONOMICS; EUROPE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; POLITICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TAX;

BUDGETS; ECONOMIC RECESSION; EUROPE; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMIC; POLITICS; TAXES;

EID: 84894253939     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: 18726054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2013.11.008     Document Type: Article

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