The effects of public and private health care expenditure on health status in sub-Saharan Africa: New evidence from panel data analysis

Health Economics Review

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-8

  Novignon, Jacob ^a   Olakojo, Solomon A ^a   Nonvignon, Justice ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Fixed effects; Health care expenditure; Health status; SSA

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BIRTH; COST; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; STATISTICS;

EID: 84971232305     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21911991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2191-1991-2-22     Document Type: Article

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