Is pharmaceutical expenditure related to the business cycles?

Carla Blazquez-Fernández, David Cantarero-Prieto and Marta Pascual-Saez

Applied Economics Letters, 2016, vol. 23, issue 10, 705-707

Abstract: Recent research is focused on the study of health care expenditure and fiscal sustainability. In order to facilitate the understanding of this issue, we centre our interest on the Spanish pharmaceutical expenditure. Specifically, using data for the period 1995–2012, in the article we analyse if economic cycles affect pharmaceutical expenditures. Our results support that there is a positive relationship between pharmaceutical expenditure and economic development. Therefore, we conclude that pharmaceutical expenditures are pro cyclical over the last years.

Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2015.1102834

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