Translated title: Determinants of pharmaceutical expenditures on cardiovascular diseases
Authors: Gogilashvili, Nino ; Chalupka, Radovan (advisor) ; Votápková, Jana (referee)
Document type: Master’s theses
Year: 2013
Language: eng
Abstract: The thesis analyzes the determinants of pharmaceutical expenditures on cardiovascular diseases with particular focus on Central Europe. We show how the pharmaceutical expenditure varies across the countries. We try to empirically verify that factors such as age, GDP, total health expenditure, education and prevalence of a particular disease cause the variation. Applying the fixed effect model on selected countries in the period 2000-2009, we find that the increase in pharmaceutical expenditures on cardiovascular diseases is explained mainly by aging population and prevalence of the diseases. Additionally, countries with higher GDP tend to also have somewhat higher pharmaceutical expenditures on cardiovascular diseases. Key words Pharmaceutical expenditures, cardiovascular diseases, GDP, health expenditure, fixed effect model, prevalence of a disease, aging of population.
Keywords: aging of population; cardiovascular diseases; fixed effect model; GDP; health expenditure; Pharmaceutical expenditures; prevalence of a disease

Institution: Charles University Faculties (theses) (web)
Document availability information: Available in the Charles University Digital Repository.
Original record: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11956/59845

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