Does government spending help to promote healthy behavior in the population? Evidence from 27 European countries
Author(s) -
Fernando LeraLópez,
Pamela Wicker,
Paul Downward
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1741-3850
pISSN - 1741-3842
DOI - 10.1093/pubmed/fdv071
Subject(s) - government spending , government (linguistics) , health spending , public spending , public economics , public health , association (psychology) , physical activity , demographic economics , population , psychology , environmental health , political science , economics , medicine , health services , philosophy , linguistics , nursing , physical medicine and rehabilitation , politics , welfare , law , psychotherapist
The aim of this study was to examine if government spending is associated with an individual's decision to participate in physical activity and sport which is regarded as healthy behavior given the positive health effects documented in previous research.
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