Measuring the displacement and replacement of government health expenditure

Health Economics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 129-140

  Dieleman, Joseph L ^a   Hanlon, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Additionality; Aid fungibility; Crowding out; Development assistance; Displacement; Government health expenditure

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISBURSEMENT; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION;

ADDITIONALITY; AID FUNGIBILITY; CROWDING OUT; DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE; DISPLACEMENT; GOVERNMENT HEALTH EXPENDITURE;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS, MEDICAL; GOVERNMENT; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MODELS, ECONOMIC; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

EID: 84904240080     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.3016     Document Type: Conference Paper

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