healthcare expenditures form a significant part of these outlays, and its share of total government expenditure has risen rapidly …. This paper argues that the determinants of growth in healthcare expenditure are partly to be found in the way healthcare is … characterized by rapidly increasing cost inflation. Healthcare today shows clear signs of being a "stagnant personal service" with …

healthcare by granting the poor entitlement to tax-financed basic care without charge. We identify the impact of this policy by … comparing the target populationś change in healthcare utilization with that of poor adults already covered through employment … poorest. The probability of getting formal healthcare when sick is increased by almost two fifths, while the likelihood of …