Understanding the effectiveness of government health expenditure in improving health equity: Preliminary evidence from global health expenditure and child mortality rate

Li, Jiannan; Yuan, Bocong

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“…3,7 Meanwhile, other scientific voices argue that public health spending is essential for the equity and affordability of health service and thus that public health spending is necessary. 8,9 Regarding the outcomes of public health spending, some studies use single indicators like mortality (eg, all-cause mortality, infant mortality, maternal mortality) or life expectancy, 3,4,[10][11][12] while others focus on public health expenditure's effects of curbing epidemics because the epidemics have the nature of being "public." [13][14][15] In this article, we use tuberculosis (TB), a severe and prevalent disease, as the key indicator of health outcomes to evaluate the costeffectiveness of public health expenditure.…”

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How investment in public health has impacted the prevalence of tuberculosis in China: A study of provincial variations between 2005 and 2015

Liu

Han

Veuthey

et al. 2020

Health Planning & Management

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How do public investments in public health actually impact health outcomes? This question has not been investigated enough, especially regarding infectious diseases. This study investigates the correlations between public health expenditure and the incidence of tuberculosis in China using a provincial panel dataset. The analysis focuses on the correlations between public health expenditure and tuberculosis incidence, using the fixed effects models and Two Stage Least Squares (2SLS) method. Overall, a 10% increase of public health expenditure per capita is associated with a 0.0019% decrease of tuberculosis incidence. A series of robustness tests show that the correlation between public health expenditure and TB incidence is valid. Future research should focus more on the performance of public health, particularly infectious diseases like tuberculosis, and provide references for health policymakers.

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How investment in public health has impacted the prevalence of tuberculosis in China: A study of provincial variations between 2005 and 2015

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Han

Veuthey

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Health Planning & Management

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“…Other variables such as the mother's educational background and household income were also taken into consideration. The government health expenditure effectively assured the health services for people with higher risks (Li and Yuan, 2019).…”

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“…Different sources of government health expenditure can affect the effectiveness of health equity in the country (Li and Yuan, 2019).…”

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Reducing Infant and Under-5 Mortality Rate Through Government Health Expenditure: a Systematic Review

Pertiwi

Sjaaf

2022

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Background: Although it has been globally reported that IMR and U5MR continue to decline every year, the rate disparities between urban and rural areas are still evident in various countries. The government is presumed to carry out efforts to reduce this disparity, such as by allocating the government’s health expenditure. Objectives: This study systematically identifies the effectiveness, best practices, and positive impacts of government health expenditure allocation for IMR and U5MR, specifically in rural areas. Methods: This systematic review study was conducted using the PICOS method to analyse data that were obtained from 3 online databases. Results: The government health expenditure could reduce the gap in mortality rate indicators between urban and rural areas. Programs specifically proposed for rural communities can help decrease the gap between urban-rural IMR and U5MR. The effectiveness of government health expenditure to reduce mortality rates was strongly influenced by various factors, including supporting policies, field implementation in regions, and the collaboration between the central and local governments. Conclusion: The local government plays a definitely crucial role in the implementation of the health program to ensure that the central government executes the program effectively in order to reduce IMR and U5MR in rural areas.

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“…Policy makers should be more concerned about children and youth in socio-economically disadvantaged status to reduce their marginalized treatment ( Li & Yuan, 2019 ). By making up for the deficiency in protective supplies, healthcare services, and other public services among children and youth in socio-economically disadvantaged status, social inequity in infection risk of this pandemic would be alleviated.…”

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Socioeconomic disadvantages and vulnerability to the pandemic among children and youth: A macro-level investigation of American counties

Yuan

Huang

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Children and Youth Services Review

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Understanding the effectiveness of government health expenditure in improving health equity: Preliminary evidence from global health expenditure and child mortality rate

Cited by 12 publications

References 16 publications

How investment in public health has impacted the prevalence of tuberculosis in China: A study of provincial variations between 2005 and 2015

How investment in public health has impacted the prevalence of tuberculosis in China: A study of provincial variations between 2005 and 2015

Reducing Infant and Under-5 Mortality Rate Through Government Health Expenditure: a Systematic Review

Socioeconomic disadvantages and vulnerability to the pandemic among children and youth: A macro-level investigation of American counties

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