Does Development Assistance for Health Really Displace Government Health Spending? Reassessing the Evidence

Rajaie Batniji; Eran Bendavid

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001214

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Does Development Assistance for Health Really Displace Government Health Spending? Reassessing the Evidence

Rajaie Batniji ,

* E-mail: batniji@stanford.edu

Affiliation Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
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Eran Bendavid

Does Development Assistance for Health Really Displace Government Health Spending? Reassessing the Evidence

Rajaie Batniji,
Eran Bendavid

Published: May 8, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001214

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No curiosity as to why?

Posted by droodman on 10 May 2012 at 21:24 GMT

Lu and colleagues leave out of the analysis 51 countries that IHME previously analyzed as recipients of DAH, including Russia and much of Eastern Europe, Iraq, Afghanistan, the occupied Palestinian territory, Somalia, and several small Island states
http://plosmedicine.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001214#article1.body1.sec3.p1

Perhaps they had a good reason? It seems like some curiosity as to why is in order. Not so convincing otherwise.

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No curiosity as to why?

Posted by droodman on 10 May 2012 at 21:24 GMT