From: Fiscal rules, powerful levers for controlling the health budget? Evidence from 32 OECD countries
 | Outcome | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
 | Public healthcare spending as % of GDP | Log public healthcare spending | ||
 | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
FR | −0.40*** |  | −0.03* | −0.03* |
 | (0.07) |  | (0.01) | (0.01) |
Level of DR | Â | Â | Â | Â |
National |  | −0.03 |  |  |
 |  | (0.02) |  |  |
Supranational |  | −0.07*** |  |  |
 |  | (0.02) |  |  |
both |  | −0.07** |  |  |
 |  | (0.02) |  |  |
Log population | −0.48 | − 0.08 |  | 0.15 |
 | (0.61) | (0.15) |  | (0.12) |
Log debt | −0.17* | −0.03* | − 0.05*** |  |
 | (0.08) | (0.01) | (0.01) |  |
Log GDP | Â | 0.83*** | 0.77*** | 0.81*** |
 |  | (0.06) | (0.05) | (0.06) |
Ratio of population 65 and above | Â | Â | 0.00 | Â |
 |  |  | (0.00) |  |
Deficit ratio |  |  |  | −0.01*** |
 |  |  | (0.00) | |
IMF bailout | − 0.09 | −0.04 | − 0.02 | −0.06** |
(0.12) | (0.02) | (0.02) | (0.02) | |
Constant | 16.41 | −10.53*** | −9.83*** | −14.35*** |
(10.47) | (2.06) | (1.44) | (1.89) | |
Country FE | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Year FE | Y | Y | Y | Y |
N | 717 | 717 | 735 | 631 |