Effects of state-level public spending on health on the mortality probability in India

Mansour Farahani (), S. V. Subramanian and David Canning
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Mansour Farahani: Harvard School of Public Health
S. V. Subramanian: Harvard School of Public Health

PGDA Working Papers from Program on the Global Demography of Aging

Abstract: This study uses the second National Family Health Survey (NFHS-2) of India to estimate the effect of state public health spending on mortality across all age groups, controlling for individual, household, and state-level covariates. We use a state’s gross fiscal deficit as an instrument for its health spending. Our study shows a 10 % increase in public spending on health in India decreases the average probability of death by about 2%, with effects mainly on the young, the elderly, and women. Other major factors affecting mortality are rural residence, household poverty, and access to toilet facilities.

Keywords: Public spending; health; mortality probability; India (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009-06
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