scholarly journals Does life expectancy, death rate and public health expenditure matter in sustaining economic growth under COVID ‐19: Empirical evidence from Nigeria?

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gloria Nnadwa Alhassan ◽  
Festus Fatai Adedoyin ◽  
Festus Victor Bekun ◽  
Terhemen Justine Agabo
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Economic Growth ◽  
Life Expectancy ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Death Rate ◽  
Health Expenditure ◽  
Public Health Expenditure

scholarly journals The role of access to electricity, female education, and public health expenditure on female health outcomes: evidence from SAARC-ASEAN countries

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Mafizur Rahman ◽  
Khosrul Alam
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Economic Growth ◽  
Mortality Rate ◽  
Health Expenditure ◽  
Adult Mortality ◽  
Female Education ◽  
Female Adult ◽  
Public Health Expenditure ◽  
Life Expectancy At Birth ◽  
Asean Countries

Abstract Background The importance of the status of female health should have research priority due to the unique medical needs of women. Hence this paper attempts to explore the nexus of access to electricity, female education, and public health expenditure with female health outcomes in the SAARC-ASEAN countries. Methods Using the data of 2002–2018, and applying the cross-sectional dependence test, Modified Wald test, Wooldridge test, the Panel corrected standard error (PCSE) model, the Feasible generalized least square (FGLS) model, and the pair-wise Granger causality test, the robust outcomes on female health are found. Results Access to electricity, female education rate, public health expenditure, economic growth, and immunization rate, all have a positive effect on female life expectancy at birth, and a negative effect on the female adult mortality rate. The urbanization rate has a significantly positive impact on female life expectancy at birth but an insignificant impact on female adult mortality rate. The one-way causal relationship between the variables are also revealed. Conclusions All the results are rational and have important milestone for the health sector. The health status of females should be improved and protected by formulating effective policies on access to electricity, female education, public health expenditure, immunization, economic growth, and urbanization.

scholarly journals The Impact of Public Health Expenditure on Health Component of Human Capital

2020 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 371-379
Author(s):  
Rasa Railaite ◽  
Rūta Čiutienė
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Human Capital ◽  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Life Expectancy ◽  
Health Expenditure ◽  
Education Level ◽  
Panel Data Models ◽  
Age Dependency ◽  
Public Health Expenditure ◽  
The Impact

The analysis of the concept of human capital shows that this form of capital includes a set of different components that are used in economic activities and generates different kind of benefits. Health is one of the main components of human capital. Hence, considering its importance authors of this article tried to investigate the impact of public health expenditure on the health component of human capital. Ordinary least square, fixed and random effects panel data models for 28 European Union countries were used to reach this purpose. The main variables used in this study is life expectancy at birth (related to the health component of human capital) and general government health expenditure. It is known that there are other factors affecting health and human capital in general. Hence variables such as GDP grow, GINI coefficient, education level, alcohol consumption, old age dependency and urbanization rate were added in the models as explanatory variables. The results of the performed study show that public health expenditure has a positive and significant impact on the improvements of life expectancy. Selected fixed-effects panel data models also show significant and positive effects of the GDP growth, old age dependency while a negative effect is identified by alcohol consumption. The existing close relationship between health and education also is confirmed by this study. Results suggest that higher education level is positively and significantly related to life expectancy while a lower education has a negative impact on life expectancy.

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