Changes in government spending on healthcare and population mortality in the European union, 1995–2010: a cross-sectional ecological study

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 108, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 490-498

  Budhdeo, Sanjay ^a,b   Watkins, Johnathan ^c   Atun, Rifat ^d   Williams, Callum ^e,f   Zeltner, Thomas ^g,h   Maruthappu, Mahiben ⁱ  

^a HOMERTON COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^g WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

ⁱ IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

austerity; European Union; healthcare spending; mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BUDGET; CHILD; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PARITY; PURCHASING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EUROPE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION GROUP; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POPULATION GROUPS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84950286482     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: 17581095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0141076815600907     Document Type: Article

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