The impact of decentralization and inter-territorial interactions on Spanish health expenditure

Joan Costa-Font and Francesco Moscone
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Francesco Moscone: University of Leicester

A chapter in Spatial Econometrics, 2009, pp 167-184 from Springer

Abstract: This paper examines the determinants of regional public health expenditure in a decentralised health system. Unlike previous studies we take into account possible policy and political interactions among authorities, as well as unobserved heterogeneity. Our emprirical contribution lies in running a spatial panel specification using a dataset of all Spanish region states on aggregated and disaggregated health expenditures (pharmaceuticals, inpatient and primary care). Results are consistent with some degree of interdependence between neighboring regions in spending decisions. Empirical evidence of long term efficiency effects of health care decentralisation, suggests that a specific spatial-institutional design might improve the health system efficiency as well as regional cohesion. Political and scale effects are consistent with theoretical predictions.

Keywords: Health expenditure; Decentralisation; Spatial econometrics; Panels (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7908-2070-6_9

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