Is health care a necessary or luxury product for Asian countries? An answer using panel approach

Health Economics Review

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Abdullah, S M ^a   Siddiqua, Salina ^a   Huque, Rumana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Cross section dependence; DOLS; FMOLS; Health care expenditure; Income elasticity; Panel cointegration; Panel unit root

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; PANEL COINTEGRATION TEST; PEDRONI PANEL COINETGRATION TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; WESTERLUND PANEL COINTEGRATION TEST;

EID: 85010647568     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21911991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13561-017-0144-8     Document Type: Article

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