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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Autor principal: Crivelli, Ernesto
Outros Autores: Leive, Adam, Stratmann, Thomas
Formato: Periódico
Idioma:English
Publicado em: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2010.
coleção:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2010/147
Acesso em linha:Full text available on IMF