Thus, our desired objective was to determine the relationship between state size --as expressed in terms of central government spending and measured as a percentage of its GNP-- and a series of health indicators for a sample of countries from various parts of the world, based on data relating to the final decade of the 20th century.
De ahí que se plantee como objetivo determinar la relación entre el tamaño del Estado a través del gasto gubernamental central, medido como porcentaje del PIB, y los indicadores de salud en una muestra de países de todas las regiones del mundo en la última década del siglo xx.