1. Symposium Introduction: Papers on ‘Modeling National Health Expenditures’
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Thomas E. Getzen and Albert A. Okunade
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National health ,Research design ,Health economics ,Operations research ,business.industry ,Health Policy ,05 social sciences ,MEDLINE ,Developing country ,Context (language use) ,Public relations ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Work (electrical) ,0502 economics and business ,Medicine ,030212 general & internal medicine ,050207 economics ,business ,Health policy - Abstract
Significant contributions have been made since the World Health Organization published Brian Abel-Smith's pioneering comparative study of national health expenditures more than 50 years ago. There have been major advances in theories, model specifications, methodological approaches, and data structures. This introductory essay provides a historical context for this line of work, highlights four newly published studies that move health economics research forward, and indicates several important areas of challenging but potentially fruitful research to strengthen future contributions to the literature and make empirical findings more useful for evaluating health policy decisions. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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- 2016