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Federalism and regional health care expeditures : an empirical analysis for the Swiss cantons

Crivelli , Luca ; Filippini, Massimo ; Mosca, Ilaria

In: Health Economics, 2006, vol. 15, no. 5, p. 535-541

Switzerland (7.2 million inhabitants) is a federal state composed of 26 cantons. The autonomy of cantons and a particular health insurance system create strong heterogeneity in terms of regulation and organisation of health care services. In this study we use a single equation approach to model the per-capita cantonal expenditures on health care services and postulate that per-capita health...

Regional public health care spending in Switzerland : an empirical analysis

Crivelli, Luca ; Filippini, Massimo

In this study we attempt to explain variations across the Swiss regional states (cantons) in public health care expenditures. The large autonomy of the cantons in the organization and financing of health care services creates strong heterogeneity. Per capita public expenditures in health care are assumed to depend on the median tax share, intergovernmental grants, and some structural factors. The...