Health-care expenditures, economic growth and infant mortality: evidence from developed and developing countries

This paper investigates the effects of health-care expenditures on child mortality rates using a simultaneous-equation model for 93 developed and developing countries with data spanning the period 1995–2012. The findings show that health expenditure has a positive effect on reducing child mortality...

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Autor principal:	Dhrifi, Abdelhafidh
Formato:	Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	2018
Materias:	SALUD ECONOMIA DE LA SALUD MORTALIDAD INFANTIL DATOS ESTADISTICOS MODELOS ECONOMETRICOS PAISES DESARROLLADOS PAISES EN DESARROLLO HEALTH HEALTH ECONOMICS INFANT MORTALITY STATISTICAL DATA ECONOMETRIC MODELS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
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spelling	oai-11362-443212019-08-09T17:36:53Z Health-care expenditures, economic growth and infant mortality: evidence from developed and developing countries Dhrifi, Abdelhafidh SALUD ECONOMIA DE LA SALUD MORTALIDAD INFANTIL DATOS ESTADISTICOS MODELOS ECONOMETRICOS PAISES DESARROLLADOS PAISES EN DESARROLLO HEALTH HEALTH ECONOMICS INFANT MORTALITY STATISTICAL DATA ECONOMETRIC MODELS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES This paper investigates the effects of health-care expenditures on child mortality rates using a simultaneous-equation model for 93 developed and developing countries with data spanning the period 1995–2012. The findings show that health expenditure has a positive effect on reducing child mortality only for upper-middle-income and high-income countries, whereas for low-income and lower-middle-income countries, health spending does not have a significant impact on child health status. It is also found that at lower development levels, public health spending has a greater effect on mortality rates than private expenditure, while at high development levels private health expenditure has a positive impact on child mortality. 2018-12-18T20:15:46Z 2018-12-18T20:15:46Z 2018-08-18 Texto Sección o Parte de un Documento http://hdl.handle.net/11362/44321 LC/PUB.2018/6-P 4 en CEPAL Review CEPAL Review 125 .pdf application/pdf 1995 2012
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topic	SALUD ECONOMIA DE LA SALUD MORTALIDAD INFANTIL DATOS ESTADISTICOS MODELOS ECONOMETRICOS PAISES DESARROLLADOS PAISES EN DESARROLLO HEALTH HEALTH ECONOMICS INFANT MORTALITY STATISTICAL DATA ECONOMETRIC MODELS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
spellingShingle	SALUD ECONOMIA DE LA SALUD MORTALIDAD INFANTIL DATOS ESTADISTICOS MODELOS ECONOMETRICOS PAISES DESARROLLADOS PAISES EN DESARROLLO HEALTH HEALTH ECONOMICS INFANT MORTALITY STATISTICAL DATA ECONOMETRIC MODELS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES Dhrifi, Abdelhafidh Health-care expenditures, economic growth and infant mortality: evidence from developed and developing countries
description	This paper investigates the effects of health-care expenditures on child mortality rates using a simultaneous-equation model for 93 developed and developing countries with data spanning the period 1995–2012. The findings show that health expenditure has a positive effect on reducing child mortality only for upper-middle-income and high-income countries, whereas for low-income and lower-middle-income countries, health spending does not have a significant impact on child health status. It is also found that at lower development levels, public health spending has a greater effect on mortality rates than private expenditure, while at high development levels private health expenditure has a positive impact on child mortality.
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title	Health-care expenditures, economic growth and infant mortality: evidence from developed and developing countries
title_short	Health-care expenditures, economic growth and infant mortality: evidence from developed and developing countries
title_full	Health-care expenditures, economic growth and infant mortality: evidence from developed and developing countries
title_fullStr	Health-care expenditures, economic growth and infant mortality: evidence from developed and developing countries
title_full_unstemmed	Health-care expenditures, economic growth and infant mortality: evidence from developed and developing countries
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Health-care expenditures, economic growth and infant mortality: evidence from developed and developing countries

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