Public Spending on Health Care and the Poor /

This paper estimates the impact of public spending on the poor's health status in over 70 countries. It provides evidence that the poor have significantly worse health status than the rich and that they are more favorably affected by public spending on health care. An important new result is th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Verhoeven, Marijn
Other Authors: Gupta, Sanjeev, Tiongson, Erwin
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2001.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2001/127
Online Access:Full text available on IMF