El trabajo analiza las principales características de los modelos de descentralización sanitaria en Europa prestando especial atención a los determinantes de resultados en salud y gasto. Con datos de la OECD Healht Data, se propone un modelo de panel explicativo de su comportamiento y...

In this paper we analyze the relationship between income and health expenditure in 31 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries. We focus on the differences between short and long term elasticities and we also check the adjustment process of health care expenditure...

This paper studies the effects that pharmaceutical expenditure and other medical non-durables has on health out¬comes, such as mortality and life expectancy. Some recent research is focused on the study of public expenditure in health and the correlation with positive health indicators, and...

The most famous modern definition of health was created during a Preamble to the Constitution of the World Health Organization in 1946: 'Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.' This definition has not been amended...