Health care expenditure disparities in the European Union and underlying factors: a distribution dynamics approach
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Health care expenditure; Disparities; Distribution dynamics approach; Persistence; EU countries; I10; C14;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I10 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - General
- C14 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Semiparametric and Nonparametric Methods: General
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