ArticleFrontiers in public health2026
Economic policy uncertainty and the dynamics of healthcare expenditure in China.
Article in Frontiers in public health, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
4 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
This study examines the dynamic impact of Economic Policy Uncertainty (EPU) on China's healthcare fiscal expenditures, focusing on the rational allocation of public funds under macroeconomic fluctuations. The study utilize the SV-TVP-FAVAR model to analyze quarterly national data (2007-2025) and inter-provincial data (2009-2019), overcoming traditional static model limitations. EPU shocks exhibit significant time-variability: a negative "squeezing" effect during the 2008 financial crisis but a counter-cyclical expansionary effect during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. Regional fiscal strength moderates these impacts. Findings suggest that fiscally robust regions show resiliency through counter-cyclical spending, whereas fiscally fragile areas exhibit pro-cyclical tightening. Policy recommendations focus on long-term healthcare investment mechanisms and optimized transfer payments.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.