Health Spending, Out-of-Pocket Contributions, and Mortality Rates

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Plümper ◽  
Eric Neumayer
Keyword(s):  
Health Spending ◽  
Mortality Rates

Ranking Diseases

2019 ◽  
pp. 84-108
Author(s):  
Rachel Kahn Best
Keyword(s):  
Basic Science ◽  
Health Spending ◽  
Mortality Rates ◽  
National Institutes Of Health ◽  
The Government ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
Funding Distribution ◽  
Disease Specific

From the 1960s to the present, advocates have introduced various criteria to highlight their diseases’ impacts, from mortality to health spending. These competing claims encouraged policymakers to seek formal ways to rank and compare diseases, creating pressure to standardize the National Institutes of Health (NIH) budget across disease categories. NIH officials worried that the pursuit of narrow, disease-specific goals would funnel resources away from basic science and untargeted research. But while the proportion of the NIH budget targeting these goals declined slightly, the overall amounts increased dramatically, suggesting that specialized campaigns do not draw resources away from broader goals. The push for disease data did change how the government distributes money, bringing the funding distribution more in line with mortality rates. The effects of advocacy go beyond securing funding or passing favorable laws; advocacy also changes how policymakers define issues and judge policies, with concrete effects on funding distributions.

Determinants of Infant Mortality Rate in Malaysia: Evidence from Dynamic Panel Data Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 443-450
Author(s):  
Chor Foon Tang
Keyword(s):  
Panel Data ◽  
Mortality Rate ◽  
Infant Mortality ◽  
Health Spending ◽  
Mortality Rates ◽  
Dynamic Panel Data ◽  
Infant Mortality Rate ◽  
Female Education ◽  
Dynamic Panel ◽  
Governance Quality

Understanding the factors associated with the infant mortality rate is essential as it may guide policymaking in efforts to alleviate the high incidence of infant mortality. The aim of this study is to explore the major determinants of the infant mortality rate with specific focus accorded to research and development (R&D) and governance quality. Our analysis utilizes unbalanced panel data from 122 countries from 2001 to 2013. Using the dynamic panel data generalized method of moments (GMM) estimator, we find that income, health spending, female education, technological progress and governance quality have significant negative impact on infant mortality rates. It can thus be surmised that policies to reduce infant mortality rates should focus upon improving the level of income, female education, health spending and governance quality, besides encouraging R&D activities.

HEALTH SPENDING, OUT-OF-POCKET CONTRIBUTIONS, AND MORTALITY RATES

2012 ◽  
Vol 91 (2) ◽  
pp. 403-418 ◽  
Author(s):  
THOMAS PLÜMPER ◽  
ERIC NEUMAYER
Keyword(s):  
Health Spending ◽  
Mortality Rates

Health spending autonomy and infant mortality rates: A matter of local administrative capacity?

2016 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 293-309 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabiana Rocha ◽  
Veronica Fernandez Orellano ◽  
Marislei Nishijima
Keyword(s):  
Infant Mortality ◽  
Health Spending ◽  
Mortality Rates ◽  
Administrative Capacity

scholarly journals The impact of inequalities and health expenditure on mortality due to oral and oropharyngeal cancer in Brazil

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda Ramos da Cunha ◽  
Alessandro Bigoni ◽  
José Leopoldo Ferreira Antunes ◽  
Fernando Neves Hugo
Keyword(s):  
Health Services ◽  
Oropharyngeal Cancer ◽  
Government Expenditure ◽  
Health Spending ◽  
Mortality Rates ◽  
Mortality Data ◽  
Mortality Trends ◽  
Annual Percent Change ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact

AbstractThis study aims to assess the magnitude and trend of mortality rates due to oral (OC) and oropharyngeal cancer (OPC) in the 133 Intermediate Geographic Regions (IGR) of Brazil between 1996 and 2018 and to analyze its association with sociodemographic variables and provision of health services. It also aims to compare the trend of mortality from neoplasms that have been reported as associated with HPV (OPC) with the trend of neoplasms that have been reported as not associated with HPV (OC). We obtained mortality data from the Mortality Information System in Brazil and analyzed the trends using the Prais-Winsten method. Then, we assessed the relationship between mortality trends and socioeconomic, health spending, and health services provision variables. The median of the annual percent change of the country’s mortality rates was 0.63% for OC and 0.83% for OPC. Trends in mortality in the IGRs correlated significantly with the Human Development Index and government expenditure on ambulatory health care and hospitalizations. Mortality from both types of cancer decreased in those IGR in which the government spent more on health and in the more socioeconomically developed ones. This study found no epidemiological indication that HPV plays the leading etiological factor in OPC in Brazil.

scholarly journals The Impact of Inequalities and Health Expenditure on Mortality Due to Oral and Oropharyngeal Cancer: A 20-Year Trend Analysis

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda Cunha ◽  
Alessandro Bigoni ◽  
José Antunes ◽  
Fernando Hugo
Keyword(s):  
Health Services ◽  
Oropharyngeal Cancer ◽  
Government Expenditure ◽  
Health Spending ◽  
Mortality Rates ◽  
Mortality Data ◽  
Mortality Trends ◽  
Oral And Oropharyngeal Cancer ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Objectives: To assess the magnitude and trend of mortality rates due to oral (OC) and oropharyngeal cancer (OPC) in the 133 Intermediate Geographic Regions (IGR) of Brazil between 1996 and 2018 and to analyze its association with sociodemographic variables and provision of health services. It also aims to compare the trend of mortality from neoplasms that have been reported as associated with HPV (OPC) with the trend of neoplasms that have been reported as not associated with HPV (OC). Methods: We obtained mortality data from the Mortality Information System in Brazil and analyzed the trends using the Prais-Winsten method. Then, we assessed the relationship between mortality trends and socioeconomic, health spending, and health services provision variables. Results: The median of the APC of the country’s mortality rates was 0.63% for OC and 0.83% for OPC. Trends in mortality in the IGRs correlated significantly with the Human Development Index and government expenditure on ambulatory health care and hospitalizations. Conclusions: Mortality from both types of cancer decreased in those IGR in which the government spent more on health and in the more socioeconomically developed ones. This study found no epidemiological evidence that HPV plays the leading etiological factor in OPC in Brazil.

Inequalities and Impact of Socioeconomic-Cultural Factors in Suicide Rates Across Italy

Crisis ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 178-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maurizio Pompili ◽  
Marco Innamorati ◽  
Monica Vichi ◽  
Maria Masocco ◽  
Nicola Vanacore ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Suicide Rate ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Premature Death ◽  
Mortality Rates ◽  
Mortality Data ◽  
Italian Population ◽  
Comprehensive Overview ◽  
Suicide Rates ◽  
Younger Age ◽  
Age And Sex

Background: Suicide is a major cause of premature death in Italy and occurs at different rates in the various regions. Aims: The aim of the present study was to provide a comprehensive overview of suicide in the Italian population aged 15 years and older for the years 1980–2006. Methods: Mortality data were extracted from the Italian Mortality Database. Results: Mortality rates for suicide in Italy reached a peak in 1985 and declined thereafter. The different patterns observed by age and sex indicated that the decrease in the suicide rate in Italy was initially the result of declining rates in those aged 45+ while, from 1997 on, the decrease was attributable principally to a reduction in suicide rates among the younger age groups. It was found that socioeconomic factors underlined major differences in the suicide rate across regions. Conclusions: The present study confirmed that suicide is a multifaceted phenomenon that may be determined by an array of factors. Suicide prevention should, therefore, be targeted to identifiable high-risk sociocultural groups in each country.

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