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Ulf Gerdtham. Photo.

Ulf Gerdtham

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Ulf Gerdtham. Photo.

An econometric analysis of health care expenditure : A cross-section study of the OECD countries

Author

  • Ulf G. Gerdtham
  • Jes Søgaard
  • Fredrik Andersson
  • Bengt Jönsson

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