National income measures like Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and Net Domestic Product (NDP) have been used as measures of the economic progress and standard of living in almost all countries for a long time. Decision makers and researchers use these measures for new policy initiatives and to...

The paper seeks to analyze the pattern and determinants of public expenditure on health in Andhra Pradesh, India, considering a dataset for the period 1985-2005. Simple ratios, percentage methods and multiple regression technique are adopted in the study. It is found that the health expenditure...