Healthcare spending inequality

Using administrative data on incomes and healthcare spending, we develop new evidence on the distribution of healthcare spending in Hungary. We document substantial geographic heterogeneity and a positive association between income and public healthcare spending.

Publication at Health Policy:

Bíró, A., & Prinz, D. (2020). Healthcare Spending Inequality: Evidence from Hungarian Administrative Data. Health Policy. DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2020.01.006

The working paper version is available here:

http://www.mtakti.hu/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/MTDP1909.pdf

Data supplement and Stata code:

healthcare-spending-inequality