Health accounts from past to present for a political arithmetic

• Main Authors: Magdalena Rathe (Author), Patricia Hernández (Author), Cornelis Van Mosseveld (Author), Claudia Pescetto (Author), Nathalie Van de Maele (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Pan American Health Organization, 2018-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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This report traces the progressive expansion of health accounts (HA) to measure national health expenditures, from the first attempts in 1926 by the American Medical Association to the present day. Milestones in the development of A System of Health Accounts (SHA) are covered, from the economic back...