Justification of Expenditures for Local Public Health Services

Tuberculosis and Local Health Department Expenditures on Tuberculosis Services

Government Structure and Local Public Expenditures*

The relationship between local government structure and expenditure has received considerable attention, yet there is little consensus on how the features of representative government affect local expenditure decisions. The sole exception is city council size, which has consistently been found to have a positive and significant impact on expenditure. Previous results rely on cross-sectional est...

Estimating the Share and Elasticity of Substitution for Public and Private Health Expenditures in Iran

Background: The rate of substitution for private and public health expenditures is one of the factors that can explain the different effects of public and private health expenditures on health and life expectancy. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to estimate the return to scale, share, and elasticity of the substitution for public and private health expenditures in Iran. Methods: In th...

Expenditures for Medical Services in Public Assistance, 1946

A special study conducted by public assistance agencies in 20 States in 1946 gave answers for thefirst time to questions about the types and amount of medical services the agencies were able to provide to assistance recipients and the costs of the various services. An article in the Bulletin for June 1952 discussed medical services for aged recipients. This article deals with the costs of such ...

Estimating the Income Elasticities of Health Expenditures for Income Quintiles and Inequality of Health Expenditures Distribution

Background: Determining the income elasticities of the household health expenditures, especially for income deciles, leads to adoption of appropriate policies to control and manage health expenditures among income deciles. Therefore, the main purpose of this study was to estimate the income elasticities of urban household health expenditures by income quintiles, and also calculate inequality in...