Determinants of health expenditures in ASEAN region: Theory and evidence

Millennial Asia

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-19

  Sagarik, Danuvas ^a  

^a RANGSIT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

ASEAN; Health expenditure; Public policy; Welfare expenditure

Indexed keywords

EID: 85025810007     PISSN: 09763996     EISSN: 23217081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0976399615624054     Document Type: Article

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