title: Mental health expenditure in England: a spatial panel approach.
abstract: We empirically investigate the determinants of local authority mental health expenditure in England. We adopt a reduced form demand and supply model, extended to incorporate possible interaction among authorities, as well as unobserved heterogeneity. The model is estimated using an annual panel dataset that allows us to explore both time-series and cross-municipality variation in mental health expenditure. Results are consistent with some degree of interdependence between neighbouring municipalities in spending decisions. This first attempt to apply spatial panels in investigating health expenditure offers insights and raises new questions.
authors.affiliation: PSSRU, LSE Health and Social Care, London School of Economics, United Kingdom. f.moscone@lse.ac.uk
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Moscone
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Knapp
authors.forename: Elisa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tosetti
mesh_terms: D019992:Databases as Topic; D004739:England; D005260:Female; D005102:Health Expenditures / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000191:economics* / Q000600:supply & distribution; D017059:Models, Econometric; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration