Government Health Expenditure and Public Health Outcomes: A Comparative Study among EU Developing Countries

Mihaela Onofrei, Anca-Florentina Vatamanu, Georgeta Vintilă and Elena Rusu Cigu ()
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Mihaela Onofrei: Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, 700505 Iasi, Romania
Anca-Florentina Vatamanu: Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, 700505 Iasi, Romania
Georgeta Vintilă: Department of Finance, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, 010374 Bucharest, Romania

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 20, 1-13

Abstract: The aim of this paper was to empirically analyze the relationship between public health expenditure and health outcomes among EU developing countries. Using regression analysis and factor analysis, we documented that public health expenditure and health outcomes are in a long-run equilibrium relationship and the status of health expenditure can improve life expectancy and reduce infant mortality. Secondarily, we studied how the status of good governance, health care system performance, and socioeconomic vulnerabilities affect the public health’s outcomes in the selected countries. We found that the effectiveness of health and the way to reduce infant mortality or to improve life quality is directed conditioned by good governance status. Moreover, the consolidation of health care system performance directly improves the quality of life among EU developing countries, which indicates that public policymakers should intervene and provide political and financial support through policy mixes.

Keywords: health outcomes indicators; demographic vulnerabilities; socio-economic vulnerabilities; life expectancy; infant mortality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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