Why do some countries spend more for health? An assessment of sociopolitical determinants and international aid for government health expenditures

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 114, Issue , 2014, Pages 161-168

  Liang, Li Lin ^a   Mirelman, Andrew J ^b  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Corruption; Cross country; Democracy; Fungibility; Government health expenditure; Government quality; Health aid

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABILITY; CORRUPTION; DEBT; DEMOCRACY; HEALTH EXPENDITURE; INCOME; INTERNATIONAL AID; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FUNGIBILITY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TAX; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; POLITICS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; POLITICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84902972239     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.05.044     Document Type: Article

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