Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
submittedVersion
Publication Date
12-2018
Abstract
We study the differential impacts of public and private sources of health spending on health outcomes using a triple difference approach. We find that private health spending has on average a higher health-promoting effect than public health spending. This result is robust with respect to the choice of outcome measure and covariates in the regression and driven primarily by the countries with ineffective governments. Once we restrict our sample to countries with effective governments, private health spending is no better than public health spending for improving the health outcome.
Keywords
Child mortality rate, Life expectancy at birth, Health spending, Government effectiveness, Triple difference
Discipline
Health Economics
Research Areas
Applied Microeconomics
Publication
Health Economics
Volume
27
Issue
12
First Page
1996
Last Page
2015
ISSN
1057-9230
Identifier
10.1002/hec.3817
Publisher
Wiley
Citation
FUJII, Tomoki.
Sources of health financing and health outcomes: A panel data analysis. (2018). Health Economics. 27, (12), 1996-2015.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/2234
Copyright Owner and License
Authors
Creative Commons License
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.3817