An initial investigation and analysis of healthcare expenditures in Hong Kong

Hong Kong is a special administrative region of the People’s Republic of China, governing with a high degree of autonomy since its handover from British rule in 1997. Like its legal, economic, and political systems, it has a unique system of healthcare. But the determinants of healthcare expenditure in Hong Kong, for all their complexities, have not been studied in the literature. This paper will make an attempt at quantifying the effects of...