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The effect of private and public health expenditure on infant mortality rates : does the level of development matter ?
Other Title(s)
أثر الإنفاق الصحي الحكومي و الخاص في معدلات و فيات الأطفال الرضع و علاقته بمستوى تطور الدولة
Joint Authors
Source
Damascus University Jornal for the Economic and Political Sciences
Issue
Vol. 28, Issue 1 (30 Jun. 2012), pp.21-37, 17 p.
Publisher
Publication Date
2012-06-30
Country of Publication
Syria
No. of Pages
17
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Does health expenditure reduce infant mortality rates (IMRs)? To answer such important question we, first, disaggregate health expenditure into private and public health expenditures and, second, classify countries into two groups according to their level of development.
Our results, based on different panel data techniques and relatively large sample countries, indicate that to assess the impact of health expenditure it is important to separate the individual effects of public and private health expenditures on IMRs.
They also reveal that these individual effects depend on the level of the development of the country.
Indeed, we find that at low stages of development public health expenditure is more effective in reducing IMRs; whilst at higher levels of development private health expenditure takes the lead in reducing IMRs.
Our results also show that IMRs tend to be lower in countries with good governance, whereas they tend to be higher in countries located inside the tropics
American Psychological Association (APA)
Isa, Haytham& Ouattara, Uthman. 2012. The effect of private and public health expenditure on infant mortality rates : does the level of development matter ?. Damascus University Jornal for the Economic and Political Sciences،Vol. 28, no. 1, pp.21-37.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Isa, Haytham& Ouattara, Uthman. The effect of private and public health expenditure on infant mortality rates : does the level of development matter ?. Damascus University Jornal for the Economic and Political Sciences Vol. 28, no. 1 (2012), pp.21-37.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-664703
American Medical Association (AMA)
Isa, Haytham& Ouattara, Uthman. The effect of private and public health expenditure on infant mortality rates : does the level of development matter ?. Damascus University Jornal for the Economic and Political Sciences. 2012. Vol. 28, no. 1, pp.21-37.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-664703
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 36-37
Record ID
BIM-664703