Comparison of historical medical spending patterns among the BRICS and G7

Journal of Medical Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 70-76

  Jakovljevic, Mihajlo Michael ^a  

^a University of Kragujevac Medical Faculty   (Serbia)

Author keywords

BRICS; Emerging markets; G7; Health expenditure; Long term; Medical spending; NHA; WHO

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HISTORICAL RESEARCH; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; PURCHASING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HEALTH; HUMAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GLOBAL HEALTH; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84954395736     PISSN: 13696998     EISSN: 1941837X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3111/13696998.2015.1093493     Document Type: Article

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