Ulf Gerdtham
Professor
An econometric analysis of health care expenditure : A cross-section study of the OECD countries
Author
Summary, in English
This paper is an empirical examination of the determinants of aggregate health care expenditure. The paper presents a systematic analysis of relationships across 19 OECD countries, showing the effects of aggregate income, institutional and socio-demographic factors on health care expenditure. The results indicate that institutional factors of the health systems, in addition to per capita Gross Domestic Product (GDP), contribute significantly to the explanation of the health care expenditure variation between countries; for example the way physicians in outpatient care are paid, and the mixture of public/private funding and inpatient/outpatient care.
Publishing year
1992-01-01
Language
English
Pages
63-84
Publication/Series
Journal of Health Economics
Volume
11
Issue
1
Document type
Journal article
Publisher
Elsevier
Topic
- Economics
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 0167-6296