Patterns and Drivers of Health Spending Efficiency /

Demands for ramping up health expenditures are at an all-time high. Countries' needs for additional health resources include responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, closing gaps in achieving the Sustainable Development Goal in health in most emerging and developing countries, and serving an ageing...

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Glavni avtor: Garcia-Escribano, Mercedes
Drugi avtorji: Juarros, Pedro, Mogues, Tewodaj
Format: Revija
Jezik:English
Izdano: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2022.
Serija:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2022/048
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Online dostop:Full text available on IMF
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