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Peer reviewedHollingsworth, Rogers; And Others – Social Forces, 1996
Examines effects of human capital investments and state intervention on mortality rate reductions and associated costs in four countries, 1890-1970. Net of other effects, investments in total doctors and in specialists reduced mortality rates but increases in specialists were not "efficient." Extent of government regulation influenced…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Efficiency, Government Role
