Public Spending on Health Care and the Poor

Marijn Verhoeven, Sanjeev Gupta and Erwin Tiongson

No 2001/127, IMF Working Papers from International Monetary Fund

Abstract: This paper estimates the impact of public spending on the poor's health status in over 70 countries. It provides evidence that the poor have significantly worse health status than the rich and that they are more favorably affected by public spending on health care. An important new result is that the relationship between public spending and the health status of the poor is stronger in low-income countries than in higher-income countries. However, the results suggest that increased public spending alone will not be sufficient to meet international commitments for improvements in health status.

Keywords: WP; public spending; mortality rate; child mortality rate; infant mortality; health; poverty; effect of public spending; public spending matter; DHS asset quintile data; live births; results of the lin-log regression; subgroup means; propoor public spending; poverty line; Health care spending; Health care; Sub-Saharan Africa; Asia and Pacific (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 39
Date: 2001-09-01
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