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. 2018 Mar 1;18:300. doi: 10.1186/s12889-018-5198-y

Table 1.

The association between fiscal rules and the level of public health care expenditure

Public health care expenditure in log
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)
32 OECD countries Exclude Cluster I countries
FR −0.03** − 0.04***
(0.01) (0.01)
ER −0.04** −0.05***
(0.01) (0.01)
BBR −0.04** −0.05***
(0.01) (0.01)
BBR (detailed levels)
National −0.02
(0.02)
Supranational −0.06***
(0.02)
Both −0.08***
(0.02)
Country FE Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Year FE Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
N 717 717 717 717 609 609 609
adj. R2 0.997 0.997 0.997 0.997 0.997 0.997 0.997

Columns 1 to 4 include all countries in the dataset, and column 5 to 7 exclude cluster I countries. Dependent variable public health care expenditure is adjusted for inflation and purchasing power. Appendix 3 provides a full table, including all control variables

Standard errors are in parentheses

**p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001