Government health expenditures and health outcome nexus: a study on OECD countries
Introduction: The consistent increase in health expenditures is an integral part of health policy. The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of health expenditures on health outcomes in the OECD countries. Method: We used the system generalized method of moments (GMM) for thirty eight OECD...
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| author | Anwar, Asim Hyder, Shabir Mohamed Nor, Norashidah Younis, Mustafa |
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| description | Introduction: The consistent increase in health expenditures is an integral part of health policy. The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of health expenditures on health outcomes in the OECD countries. Method: We used the system generalized method of moments (GMM) for thirty eight OECD countries using panel data from 1996 to 2020. Results and discussion: The findings show that health expenditures have a negative impact on infant mortality while positive on life expectancy. The results further verify that the income measured as GDP, number of doctors, and air pollution has a negative effect on infant mortality, while these variables have a positive effect on life expectancy in the studied countries. The outcome of the study suggests that health expenditures need to be properly utilized and improvements can be made in the health policies to increase the investment in health technology. The government should also focus on measures like economic and environmental to have long-lasting health outcomes. |
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| spelling | upm-1081182024-09-10T07:31:13Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/108118/ Government health expenditures and health outcome nexus: a study on OECD countries Anwar, Asim Hyder, Shabir Mohamed Nor, Norashidah Younis, Mustafa Introduction: The consistent increase in health expenditures is an integral part of health policy. The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of health expenditures on health outcomes in the OECD countries. Method: We used the system generalized method of moments (GMM) for thirty eight OECD countries using panel data from 1996 to 2020. Results and discussion: The findings show that health expenditures have a negative impact on infant mortality while positive on life expectancy. The results further verify that the income measured as GDP, number of doctors, and air pollution has a negative effect on infant mortality, while these variables have a positive effect on life expectancy in the studied countries. The outcome of the study suggests that health expenditures need to be properly utilized and improvements can be made in the health policies to increase the investment in health technology. The government should also focus on measures like economic and environmental to have long-lasting health outcomes. Frontiers in Public Health 2023 Article PeerReviewed Anwar, Asim and Hyder, Shabir and Mohamed Nor, Norashidah and Younis, Mustafa (2023) Government health expenditures and health outcome nexus: a study on OECD countries. Frontiers in Public Health, 11. pp. 1-7. ISSN 2296-2565 https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1123759/full 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1123759 |
| spellingShingle | Anwar, Asim Hyder, Shabir Mohamed Nor, Norashidah Younis, Mustafa Government health expenditures and health outcome nexus: a study on OECD countries |
| title | Government health expenditures and health outcome nexus: a study on OECD countries |
| title_full | Government health expenditures and health outcome nexus: a study on OECD countries |
| title_fullStr | Government health expenditures and health outcome nexus: a study on OECD countries |
| title_full_unstemmed | Government health expenditures and health outcome nexus: a study on OECD countries |
| title_short | Government health expenditures and health outcome nexus: a study on OECD countries |
| title_sort | government health expenditures and health outcome nexus: a study on oecd countries |
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