Health and the allocation of public expenditures.
In a cross-country study we use a multiple regression in order to estimate the contribution of several factors to life expectancy. We find schooling as the main variable. Medicine also has a significant contribution. Calorie supply has a positive contribution only in the less developed countries.
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Department of Economics and Business Administration, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel.
D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003625:Data Collection; D004493:Education / Q000191:economics; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006296:Health Services / Q000191:economics*; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D008017:Life Expectancy; D015233:Models, Statistical; D012044:Regression Analysis