title: Disparity and convergence: Chinese provincial government health expenditures.
abstract: The huge regional disparity in government health expenditures (GHE) is a major policy concern in China. This paper addresses whether provincial GHE converges in China from 1997 to 2009 using the economic convergence framework based on neoclassical economic growth theory. Our empirical investigation provides compelling evidence of long-term convergence in provincial GHE within China, but not in short-term. Policy implications of these empirical results are discussed.
authors: West China School of Public Health, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China ; Western China Center for Rural Health Research and Development, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
authors: Jay
authors: J
authors: Pan
authors: Peng
authors: P
authors: Wang
authors: Xuezheng
authors: X
authors: Qin
authors: Shufang
authors: S
authors: Zhang
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D005102:Health Expenditures; D054625:Healthcare Disparities / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D018803:Models, Economic; D012044:Regression Analysis; D013219:State Government
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