Health care expenditure disparities in the European Union and underlying factors: a distribution dynamics approach
Jose Villaverde (),
Adolfo Maza and
Maria Hierro
International Journal of Health Economics and Management, 2014, vol. 14, issue 3, 268 pages
Abstract:
This paper examines health care expenditure (HCE) disparities between the European Union countries over the period 1995–2010. By means of using a continuous version of the distribution dynamics approach, the key conclusions are that the reduction in disparities is very weak and, therefore, persistence is the main characteristic of the HCE distribution. In view of these findings, a preliminary attempt is made to add some insights into potentially main factors behind the HCE distribution. The results indicate that whereas per capita income is by far the main determinant, the dependency ratio and female labour participation do not play any role in explaining the HCE distribution; as for the rest of the factors studied (life expectancy, infant mortality, R&D expenditure and public HCE expenditure share), we find that their role falls somewhat in between. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014
Keywords: Health care expenditure; Disparities; Distribution dynamics approach; Persistence; EU countries; I10; C14 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1007/s10754-014-9147-8
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