We evaluate the efficiency of expenditure in health care provision by comparing various output measures (life expectancy; infant survival rate; years of life recovered from diseases; population; area) from the health system of Brazilian and OECD countries with an expenditure measure (health...

The present paper deals with a topic that pertains to Health Economics as well as to Trade Theory - Trade in Health Services. It is intended to deliver an analytical framework for the assessments of this new sector of international trade which takes into account both the 'general welfare...

"Provides a systematic description of the financial flows related to the consumption of health care goods and services. As demands for information increase and more countries implement and institutionalize health accounts according to the system, the data produced are expected to be more...