The determinants of health care expenditure: a reexamination
In this article, the determinants of health care expenditure per capita in Spanish regions are analysed. The coexistence of several models concerning the degree of spending power decentralization and financing systems makes Spain a singular case and allows us to draw conclusions relevant for other countries decentralizing their health care systems. Analysing the Spanish case also serves to show a number of pitfalls affecting econometric estimation of the effects of income and demographic structure on health expenditure. Because the reliability of parameter estimates is a key issue in the literature on the determinants of health expenditure, these potential problems should be taken into account when estimating and interpreting results.
Year of publication: |
2010
|
---|---|
Authors: | Cantarero, David ; Lago-Penas, Santiago |
Published in: |
Applied Economics Letters. - Taylor & Francis Journals, ISSN 1350-4851. - Vol. 17.2010, 7, p. 723-726
|
Publisher: |
Taylor & Francis Journals |
Saved in:
freely available
Saved in favorites
Similar items by person
-
Capital grants and regional public investment in Spain: fungibility of aid or crowding-in effect?
Lago-Penas, Santiago, (2006)
-
CaamaƱo-Alegre, Jose, (2011)
-
Disentangling the heterogeneous income elasticity and dynamics of health expenditure
Blazquez-Fernandez, Carla, (2014)
- More ...