Does development assistance for health really displace government health spending? Reassessing the evidence.
editorial · Level V
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 22589704.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001214 and PMC identifier 3348162.
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Abstract
Rajaie Batniji and Eran Bendavid dispute recent suggestions that health aid to developing countries leads to a displacement of government spending and instead argue that current evidence about aid displacement cannot be used to guide policy.
Medical subject headings
- Developing Countries
- Health Expenditures
- International Cooperation