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Impacts of health expenditure financing on infant mortality and diminishing returns: Implications for sub-saharan africa
- Title
- Impacts of health expenditure financing on infant mortality and diminishing returns: Implications for sub-saharan africa
- Authors
- Bang Y.; Oh J.
- Ewha Authors
- 오진환
- SCOPUS Author ID
- 오진환
- Issue Date
- 2020
- Journal Title
- Global Business and Finance Review
- ISSN
- 1088-6931
- Citation
- Global Business and Finance Review vol. 25, no. 4, pp. 25 - 32
- Keywords
- Diminishing Returns; Health Expenditure; Infant Mortality; Sub-Saharan Africa
- Publisher
- People and Global Business Association
- Indexed
- SCOPUS; KCI
- Document Type
- Article
- Abstract
- Purpose: This study examines the impacts of health expenditures on infant mortality. Design/methodology/approach: This study is based on a comprehensive panel data of 100 countries (31 developed and 69 developing countries) for 18 years (2000-2017) and, based on the Hausman Test, applies fixed effect analyses. Findings: Not only a negative relationship between health expenditures and the infant mortality rate but its diminishing returns are found. This pattern turns out to be stronger in developing countries, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa. It appears that a country can easily target the most needed class or region to effectively minimize infant mortality given a limited amount of health expenditure, but that same amount may not suffice in reaching defined goals. Research limitations/implications: This implies that the rising amounts of health expenditure would be needed if countries seek to decrease infant mortality at the same rate as they had previously done. To expedite a response, multi-agency or multi-national coordination is essential, and an effective means of mobilizing resources, such as basket funding or program-based approaches, would be desirable. Originality/value: With an up-to-date dataset, this study confirms the effectiveness of health expenditure disburse-ment with its diminishing returns, which may shed light to developing countries in designing relevant policies. © 2020 People and Global Business Association.
- DOI
- 10.17549/GBFR.2020.25.4.25
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- 국제대학원 > 국제학과 > Journal papers
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