ArticleBMC public health2025
Does digital economy development enhance Chinese residents' health? Impact and mechanism.
Article in BMC public health, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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- Positive impacts of digital capital on self-rated health: reducing disparities across demographic groups with economic capital as a mediator.BMC public health · 2026Article
- The impact of digital economy on primary healthcare institution efficiency: evidence from China based on spatial effect analysis.BMC primary care · 2026Article
- Research on the influence mechanism of digital economy on the development of the sports and health industry in China.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Impact of regional digital transformation on public health: an empirical analysis based on 31 provinces in China.BMC public health · 2025Article
- How digital economy shapes older adult care services: evidence from China.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Digital village construction and the mental health of rural older adults: Evidence from China.Digital healthArticle
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Abstract
backgroundRecognizing the effect of the digital economy on residents' health can transform technological dividends into health and well-being and provide the basis for the construction of a "health-oriented" digital society development path.
methodsThis paper explores the direct impact of the digital economy on residents' health and its mechanism by constructing a digital economic development index and combining data from the China Family Panel Studies (CFPS).
resultsThe digital economy has a health-improving effect. At the individual level, the mechanism is to accumulate social capital and improve the quality of employment, whereas at the regional level, the mechanism is to promote the equalization of basic public services and improve the quality of the environment. The effectiveness of government governance plays a beneficial moderating role in this mechanism. The heterogeneity analysis shows that the digital economy had a more significant effect on the central, western, rural, and economically underdeveloped cities, as well as on males and the low-health group. Further analysis reveals that the digital economy increases intergenerational health mobility and helps alleviate health inequalities.
conclusionsThis paper not only enriches the study of health determinants but also provides a reference for collaboration between global digitalization and health governance.
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