000088164 001__ 88164 000088164 005__ 20211216131132.0 000088164 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.1016/j.econmod.2019.02.011 000088164 0248_ $$2sideral$$a111271 000088164 037__ $$aART-2019-111271 000088164 041__ $$aeng 000088164 100__ $$0(orcid)0000-0001-6907-8090$$aClemente, J.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000088164 245__ $$aUS state health expenditure convergence: A revisited analysis 000088164 260__ $$c2019 000088164 5060_ $$aAccess copy available to the general public$$fUnrestricted 000088164 5203_ $$aThis paper studies the evolution of US state health expenditure for a sample that covers 1966–2014. Our results provide evidence against the existence of a single pattern of behavior of personal health care expenditure across the US states. Rather, we can observe the existence of two statistically different convergence clubs. We cannot find evidence of convergence when we disaggregate health expenditure into its three main payers: Medicare, Medicaid and private health insurance expenditure, whilst we again find evidence of convergence clubs. However, the estimated clubs for Medicaid and private health insurance expenditure are statistically different that estimated for total health expenditure. Consequently, our results offer strong evidence of heterogeneity in the evolution of US health expenditure. The analysis of the forces that drive club creation shows that economic situation and some supply-side factors are important. We can also appreciate that some healthcare outcome variables are only related to private insurance health expenditure. The other health expenditures, thus, show a certain lack of efficiency which may be due to practices that have little benefit for patient health. 000088164 536__ $$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/S124-CASSETEM group$$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MEC/ECO2015-65967-R 000088164 540__ $$9info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess$$aby-nc-nd$$uhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/ 000088164 590__ $$a1.93$$b2019 000088164 591__ $$aECONOMICS$$b113 / 371 = 0.305$$c2019$$dQ2$$eT1 000088164 592__ $$a0.972$$b2019 000088164 593__ $$aEconomics and Econometrics$$c2019$$dQ2 000088164 655_4 $$ainfo:eu-repo/semantics/article$$vinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion 000088164 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0001-5513-1567$$aLázaro-Alquézar, A.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000088164 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-5872-631X$$aMontañés, A.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000088164 7102_ $$14008$$2225$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Estruc.Hª Econ.y Eco.Pb.$$cÁrea Economía Aplicada 000088164 7102_ $$14000$$2415$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Análisis Económico$$cÁrea Fund. Análisis Económico 000088164 773__ $$g83 (2019), 210-220$$pEcon. model.$$tEconomic Modelling$$x0264-9993 000088164 8564_ $$s498876$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/88164/files/texto_completo.pdf$$yPostprint 000088164 8564_ $$s43276$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/88164/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon$$xicon$$yPostprint 000088164 909CO $$ooai:zaguan.unizar.es:88164$$particulos$$pdriver 000088164 951__ $$a2021-12-16-13:02:04 000088164 980__ $$aARTICLE