Despite the increasing interest in universal health care, little is known about the optimal way to finance, design, and …

This paper examines the relationship between health aid and infant mortality, using data from 118 countries between … 1973 and 2004. Health aid has a statistically significant effect on infant mortality: doubling per capita health aid is … capita health aid by US$1.60 per year is associated with 1.5 fewer infant deaths per thousand births. The estimated effect is …

In Italy, health care budget ceilings are not effective. The poor control by the central government results in … the game and strengthen controls on local health authorities. Full fiscal responsibility should be extended to local …

linking social spending, human capital, and growth in a system of equations. The paper finds that both education and health … spending have a positive and significant direct impact on the accumulation of education and health capital, and thus can lead …

address issues concerning health sector policy and when they have significant macroeconomic implications. Such issues can also … roles for the state and market in health care financing and provision. It also suggests the situations in which … macroeconomists should engage health sector specialists in policy formulation exercises. Finally, it illustrates the different health …

Despite the increasing interest in universal health care, little is known about the optimal way to finance, design, and … health care, certain preconditions are needed, including sound public administration, a small informal economy, and a … transparent health financing system that builds social consensus. …

Enhancing the efficiency of education and health spending is a key policy challenge in G7 countries. The paper assesses … and doctors' consultations coincide with higher efficiency in the health sector. Greater autonomy for schools seems to …

incidence of education and health spending covering 56 countries over 1960-2000, representing a significant improvement in … paper finds, among other things, that overall education and health spending are poorly targeted; benefits from primary … education and primary health care go disproportionately to the middle class, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, HIPCs and …

The study examines the effect of health care reform in Bulgaria in 1999 on the equity of health care financing. It … explores the distribution of different types of health care financing by income. Furthermore, it separates the financial and … distinguishing between financially based and "exclusion based" reasons for having progressive/regressive health care financing …

Economic Transition and Health Care Reform: The Experience of Europe and Central Asia …