Distributional analysis of rural-urban household healthcare expenditure differentials in developing countries: evidence from Ghana

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Distributional analysis of rural-urban household healthcare expenditure differentials in developing countries: evidence from Ghana

Equity in access to and use of healthcare resources is a global development agenda. Policy makers’ knowledge of the sources of differences in household healthcare spending is crucial for effective policy. This paper investigates the differences in the determinants of household healthcare expenditure...

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Main Authors:	Ampaw, Samuel, Nketiah-Amponsah, Edward, Agyire-Tettey, Frank, Senadza, Bernardin
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Emerald 2020
Subjects:	Household healthcare expenditure Rural-urban inequality Unconditional quantile regression Healthcare financing policy Developing countries Ghana
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/61307/

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