01721cas a2200265 a 4500 AALejournalIMF001670 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451854985 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Verhoeven, Marijn. Public Spending on Health Care and the Poor / Marijn Verhoeven, Sanjeev Gupta, Erwin Tiongson. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2001. 1 online resource (39 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This paper estimates the impact of public spending on the poor's health status in over 70 countries. It provides evidence that the poor have significantly worse health status than the rich and that they are more favorably affected by public spending on health care. An important new result is that the relationship between public spending and the health status of the poor is stronger in low-income countries than in higher-income countries. However, the results suggest that increased public spending alone will not be sufficient to meet international commitments for improvements in health status. Mode of access: Internet Gupta, Sanjeev. Tiongson, Erwin. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2001/127 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2001/127/001.2001.issue-127-en.xml IMF e-Library