Determinants of healthcare expenditure in Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) Countries: Evidence from panel cointegration tests

International Journal of Health Policy and Management

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 63-68

  Samadi, Alihussein ^a   Rad, Enayatollah Homaie ^b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Continuously Updated and Fully Modified (CUP FM); Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) countries; Health expenditures determinants; Panel cointegration

Indexed keywords

EID: 85002125750     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23225939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15171/ijhpm.2013.10     Document Type: Article

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