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ArticleHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2020

The Role of Macroeconomic Indicators on Healthcare Cost.

Lu Lin Zhou, Sabina Ampon-Wireko, Ebenezer Wireko Brobbey, Lamini Dauda, Joseph Owusu-Marfo, Arielle Doris Kachie Tetgoum

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Article in Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Lu Lin ZhouDeparment of Management Science and Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China.
Sabina Ampon-WirekoDeparment of Management Science and Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China.
Ebenezer Wireko BrobbeyGhana Education Service, Accra PMB, Ghana.
Lamini DaudaDeparment of Management Science and Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China.
Joseph Owusu-MarfoDeparment of Management Science and Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China.
Arielle Doris Kachie TetgoumDeparment of Management Science and Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China.

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 71974079
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The progress of healthcare expenses is a striking issue for emerging nations. This is because an uncontrolled increase in healthcare expenses can push the nations to extreme poverty. The study examined the association between public health costs and macro-economic indicators within the emerging economies. Data for the study is extracted from the World Bank World Development Indicators for twenty-one (21) emerging countries spanning from 2000 to 2018. The generalized method of moments (GMM) and the Dumitrescu-Hurlin panel causality test are employed in the analysis of the study. The main findings of the study demonstrate that tax revenue and labor force participation increase public health expenses and inflation, on the other hand, showed a declining relationship. The study further reveals a u-shaped association between public health expenditure and economic growth. The interactive term between research and development and mortality rate of non-communicable diseases, reveal an increasing relationship. The study establishes that, among all the three models estimated, tax revenue, labor force participation and GDP per capita have positive effects on public health costs. Based on the findings, the study recommends governments to embark on policies that improve economic growth and tax revenue as well as stabilizing inflation. These strategic policies could boost public healthcare expenditure since it has a strong association with macroeconomic indicators.

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health expenditureInflationlabor force participationresearch and developmenttax revenue

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PMID32375346
PMCPMC7349324

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