The paper argues that the level of public spending on health varies according to the type of political regime in a country. A simple political economic model is employed to analyse the rationale of policy makers when implementing healthcare policy. The theory of dictatorship as described by...

Until recently, policy advice has been mainly a field for specialists who are familiar with the political economy of their field, have a profound theoretical understanding, and are familiar with the pertinent empirical evidence. That said, they do not necessarily have to be excellent scientists...