In this paper, the determinants of growth of aggregate health expenditures are investigated. The study departs from previous literature in that it looks at differences across countries in growth (and not levels) of health care expenditures. Estimation is made for 24 OECD countries. Health system cha
Decomposing the determinants of health care expenditure: the case of Spain
✍ Scribed by David Cantarero Prieto; Santiago Lago-Peñas
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- French
- Weight
- 221 KB
- Volume
- 13
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1618-7598
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