Subnational Health Spending and Soft Budget Constraints in OECD Countries /

Government spending on health has grown as a percent of GDP over the last 40 years in industrialized countries. Widespread decentralization of healthcare systems has often accompanied this increase in spending. In this paper, we explore the effect of soft budget constraints on subnational health spe...

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1. Verfasser: Crivelli, Ernesto
Weitere Verfasser: Leive, Adam, Stratmann, Thomas
Format: Zeitschrift
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2010.
Schriftenreihe:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2010/147
Online Zugang:Full text available on IMF