Health financing, environmental quality and health outcomes: evidence from developing countries
This paper attempts to investigate the impact of health financing and environmental quality on health outcome in low and lower-middle income countries using Generalized Method of Moments (GMM). Data were obtained from World Development Indicators and World Governance Indicators. Results based on sys...
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| author | Mohamed Nor, Norashidah Lacheheb, Miloud Law, Siong Hook Raja Abdullah, Nik Mustapha |
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| description | This paper attempts to investigate the impact of health financing and environmental quality on health outcome in low and lower-middle income countries using Generalized Method of Moments (GMM). Data were obtained from World Development Indicators and World Governance Indicators. Results based on system GMM reveal that health financing plays a positive role in stimulating life expectancy, whereas the reverse is observed if health is financed privately or from individuals’ out-of-pocket expenditure. At the same time, improved environmental quality is found to be an influential factor that can contribute to a better health condition. These findings enhance our understanding of good health as a product of the combination of different factors. |
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| spelling | upm-544252019-11-25T03:22:10Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/54425/ Health financing, environmental quality and health outcomes: evidence from developing countries Mohamed Nor, Norashidah Lacheheb, Miloud Law, Siong Hook Raja Abdullah, Nik Mustapha This paper attempts to investigate the impact of health financing and environmental quality on health outcome in low and lower-middle income countries using Generalized Method of Moments (GMM). Data were obtained from World Development Indicators and World Governance Indicators. Results based on system GMM reveal that health financing plays a positive role in stimulating life expectancy, whereas the reverse is observed if health is financed privately or from individuals’ out-of-pocket expenditure. At the same time, improved environmental quality is found to be an influential factor that can contribute to a better health condition. These findings enhance our understanding of good health as a product of the combination of different factors. International Economic Society 2016 Article NonPeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/54425/1/Health%20financing%2C%20environmental%20quality%20and%20health%20outcomes.pdf Mohamed Nor, Norashidah and Lacheheb, Miloud and Law, Siong Hook and Raja Abdullah, Nik Mustapha (2016) Health financing, environmental quality and health outcomes: evidence from developing countries. International Journal of Economic Perspectives, 10 (1). pp. 27-36. ISSN 2523-5338 http://www.econ-society.org/ijep_2016_10.1.3.php |
| spellingShingle | Mohamed Nor, Norashidah Lacheheb, Miloud Law, Siong Hook Raja Abdullah, Nik Mustapha Health financing, environmental quality and health outcomes: evidence from developing countries |
| title | Health financing, environmental quality and health outcomes: evidence from developing countries |
| title_full | Health financing, environmental quality and health outcomes: evidence from developing countries |
| title_fullStr | Health financing, environmental quality and health outcomes: evidence from developing countries |
| title_full_unstemmed | Health financing, environmental quality and health outcomes: evidence from developing countries |
| title_short | Health financing, environmental quality and health outcomes: evidence from developing countries |
| title_sort | health financing, environmental quality and health outcomes: evidence from developing countries |
| url | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/54425/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/54425/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/54425/1/Health%20financing%2C%20environmental%20quality%20and%20health%20outcomes.pdf |