Can health public expenditure reduce the tragic consequences of road traffic accidents? The EU-27 experience

European Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 645-652

  Castillo Manzano, José I ^a   Castro Nuño, Mercedes ^a   Fageda, Xavier ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Health expenditures; Hospital beds density; Panel data; Road safety

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DENSITY; FALLING; FATALITY; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL BED; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAFETY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; ECONOMICS; EUROPEAN UNION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL; MORTALITY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; EUROPEAN UNION; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; SAFETY;

EID: 84905571382     PISSN: 16187598     EISSN: 16187601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10198-013-0512-1     Document Type: Article

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