Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5100719 | Journal of Health Economics | 2017 | 44 Pages |
Abstract
We test this prediction empirically using a variable that proxies for the relative intensity of investments (private versus public) using vaccination data from the National Sample Survey Organization for 76 regions in India in the year 1986-87. We link this with region-specific expenditure inequality data for the period 1987-2012. Our empirical findings, though focused on a specific health investment (vaccines), suggest that an increase in the share of the privately provided health care results in higher inequality.
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Authors
Ayona Bhattacharjee, Jong Kook Shin, Chetan Subramanian, Shailender Swaminathan,