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Economics
Nahed Trabelsi, Younes Boujelbene
Summary: This paper focuses on analyzing the impact of public sector efficiency on economic growth. The study uses data envelopment analysis (DEA) and generalized method of moments (GMM) to examine the relationship. The findings suggest that increasing government expenditure reduces economic growth in developing countries. However, when government expenditure is interacted with public sector efficiency, efficiency can amplify the impact of public spending on economic growth. Moreover, higher efficiency leads to a lower optimal size of government expenditure required for maximizing growth.
JOURNAL OF THE KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY
(2022)
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Environmental Sciences
Faik Bilgili, Sevda Kuskaya, Masreka Khan, Ashar Awan, Oguzhan Turker
Summary: The study examined the relationship between public and private health care expenditure, economic growth, and environmental pollution in 36 Asian countries from 1991 to 2017. The results confirmed the Environmental Kuznets Curve hypothesis in Asia and revealed the mitigating effects of health expenditures on CO2 emissions. However, the impact varied at different levels of CO2 emissions, with significant reductions observed at the 50th and 75th quantiles but not at the 25th quantile. The study concludes that higher health spending contributes to improved environmental quality in Asia, emphasizing the importance of increasing public and private health expenditures for sustainable health services and a sustainable environment in the region.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2021)
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Zeyong Liu, Agudamu, Te Bu, Selcuk Akpinar, Blazo Jabucanin
Summary: The study explores the impact of economic development on the physical fitness of elderly people aged 60-69 in China during the first two decades of the twenty-first century. It finds a positive correlation between China's GDP and the passing rate of national physical fitness standards for this age group, indicating that the physical fitness of the elderly improves as the economy expands.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
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Health Care Sciences & Services
Sean P. Keehan, Jacqueline A. Fiore, John A. Poisal, Gigi A. Cuckler, Andrea M. Sisko, Sheila D. Smith, Andrew J. Madison, Kathryn E. Rennie
Summary: National health expenditures are expected to grow by an average of 5.4 percent from 2022 to 2031, reaching around 20 percent of the economy by the end of the period. The insured population is projected to exceed 92 percent through 2023 due to high Medicaid enrollment, but will decline to about 90 percent as COVID-19 coverage requirements expire. The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022's prescription drug provisions will reduce out-of-pocket spending for Medicare Part D enrollees starting in 2024 and generate savings for Medicare from 2031.
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Health Care Sciences & Services
Charu C. Garg, Roopali Goyanka
Summary: Aam Admi Mohalla Clinics (AAMCs) were introduced in Delhi in 2015 to strengthen primary care delivery. This study estimated the cost of outpatient care per visit in Delhi for 2019-20 and compared it with different healthcare facilities. The findings showed that AAMCs had lower costs compared to other healthcare facilities.
HEALTH POLICY AND PLANNING
(2023)
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Environmental Studies
Wen Guo, Bo Yang, Jiong Ji, Xiaorui Liu
Summary: This study utilizes panel data of Chinese cities from 2000 to 2020 to analyze the impact of natural resources abundance on green economic growth at the urban level, and examines the mediated effect of government scale. The findings reveal the significant presence of the resource curse phenomenon in various Chinese cities. The relationship between environmental regulation intensity and green economic growth follows a U-shaped curve. Factors such as industrial structure, economic openness level, technical innovation, and physical capital investment significantly affect the development of the green economy. However, marketization level and education level have no significant impact on green economic growth. Natural resources abundance can lead to a curse effect on green economic growth by promoting the expansion of government expenditure scale and government personnel scale. Government institutional reform policies can effectively alleviate the resource curse phenomenon in cities. Therefore, optimizing the government internal expenditure structure, reshaping the political incentive structure, and reducing administrative regulations in natural resources industries are suggested as effective ways to optimize government expenditure scale and alleviate the urban resource curse. Scientifically determining government personnel scale, reducing the scope and intensity of government intervention, and fully utilizing the public's social supervision function are also identified as effective methods to optimize government personnel scale and alleviate the resource curse of cities.
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Yuxiao Wang, Chunhai Tao, Qizhe Xiong
Summary: Government health expenditure plays a significant role in guaranteeing people's livelihood and affecting economic development. The impact of government health expenditure on economic development has both linear and non-linear effects, with regional differences.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
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Environmental Sciences
Tao Wang, Ke Gao, Chen Wen, Yuanzhi Xiao, Yan Bingzheng
Summary: The COVID-19 issue has worsened South Africa's already dire economic situation, exacerbated by years of considerable debt increase. Increased government expenditure may help maintain fiscal stability and restore economic growth, but fiscal balance, tax revenue, government expenditure, and corruption all have significant impacts on economic growth.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2022)
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Health Care Sciences & Services
Mehak Nanda, Rajesh Sharma
Summary: More than 50% of health expenditure in India is paid out-of-pocket, imposing a huge financial burden on households. This study examines the economic impact of out-of-pocket health expenditure across 17 disease categories in India, revealing that 49% of households seeking hospitalization and/or outpatient care experienced catastrophic health expenditure, while 15% fell below the poverty line due to out-of-pocket payments.
HEALTH POLICY AND PLANNING
(2023)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Durdana Qaiser Gillani, Syed Ahmad Saad Gillani, Muhammad Zahid Naeem, Cristi Spulbar, Elizabeth Coker-Farrell, Abdullah Ejaz, Ramona Birau
Summary: Health is crucial for economic development, as seen in the Millennium Development Goals and Sustainable Development Goals. The study in Asian countries shows that public health expenditures can improve health outcomes related to under-five and infant mortality, while ecological footprint has a negative impact on health outcomes.
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Environmental Sciences
Ghulam Mujtaba, Syed Jawad Hussain Shahzad
Summary: The study found a positive relationship between renewable energy and healthcare spending, with investment in renewable energy helping to reduce air pollution, improve healthcare conditions, and promote economic growth.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2021)
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Zahid Hussain, Cuifen Miao, Zhihao Zhao, Yingxuan Wang
Summary: This paper examines the relationship between the economy, public health, and the environment, investigates the impact of healthcare and environmental expenditures on economic efficiency, and provides recommendations.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
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Business
Zeqi Liu, Zefeng Tong, Zhonghua Zhang
Summary: This study examines the differences in economic stimulus effects, transmission mechanisms, and output multipliers of government consumption, traditional investment, and science and technology investment. The findings suggest that government investment in science and technology has positive external spillover effects and promotes sustainable economic growth in the long run. The study's extended New Keynesian model with endogenous technological progress provides insights into fiscal expenditure structure adjustment and its macroeconomic impacts.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EMERGING MARKETS
(2023)
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Health Care Sciences & Services
Charlie Moss, Laura Anselmi, Marcello Morciano, Luke Munford, Jonathan Stokes, Matt Sutton
Summary: Financial flows relating to health care are often analyzed at national and international level, but local level analysis is rare. This study adapted the System of Health Accounts framework to map the flow of public health and care funding in Greater Manchester (GM), UK, following a health and social care devolution deal. The findings suggest that GM may have faced challenges in redirecting resources towards their goals, highlighting the importance of mapping financial flows at a local level.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
My-Linh Thi Nguyen, Ngoc Toan Bui
Summary: This study examines the role of corruption control in the impact of government expenditure on economic growth and finds that both factors have a negative effect. However, government expenditure can have a positive impact on economic growth if corruption control exceeds the threshold value of 0.01.
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Nutrition & Dietetics
Christopher T. Andersen, Jewelwayne S. Cain, Deepika N. Chaudhery, Mamata Ghimire, Hideki Higashi, Ajay Tandon
Summary: This study assessed public financing for nutrition in Bhutan, Nepal, and Sri Lanka, identifying limitations in available data and discussing policy implications. It revealed the need to prioritize evidence-based interventions and balance investments in nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive interventions.
MATERNAL AND CHILD NUTRITION
(2022)
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Xiaohui Hou, Lingrui Liu, Jewelwayne Cain
Summary: This study examines the impact of ageing and NCD burden on health expenditures using publicly accessible secondary data at the country level. Regression analysis is used to explore whether increased expenditures on PHC can mitigate the fiscal pressure caused by ageing and NCD burden.
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Samantha Horn, Yana Litovsky, George Loewenstein
Summary: This study suggests that curiosity can be a useful tool in increasing demand for and engagement with aversive health information. By manipulating curiosity through various methods, researchers found that participants were more likely to view and engage with information about their drinking habits, cancer risk, and the sugar content in drinks. Overall, curiosity prompts provide a simple and effective way to increase engagement with aversive health information.
SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE
(2024)
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Sandra Gillner
Summary: Despite high expectations, the extensive and rapid adoption of AI in medical diagnostics has not been realized. This study investigates the perception and navigation of AI providers in complex healthcare systems, revealing their self-organization to increase adaptability and the practices utilized to mitigate tensions within the healthcare subsystems.
SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE
(2024)
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Fabian Duartea, Alvaro Jimenez-Molina
Summary: This study found that violence related to social protest has a significant impact on depressive symptoms, leading to an increase in depression among the population in Chile. The effect varies by gender and age, with a stronger influence on men and young adults.
SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE
(2024)
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Nick Graetz, Carl Gershenson, Sonya R. Porter, Danielle H. Sandler, Emily Lemmerman, Matthew Desmond
Summary: Investments in stable, affordable housing may be an important tool for improving population health. This study, using administrative data, found that high rent burden, increases in rent burden during midlife, and evictions were associated with increased mortality.
SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE
(2024)
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Wan Wei
Summary: This study explores the phenomenon of other patient participation in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), uncovering the various roles that third parties can assume during medical interactions. The findings contribute to existing research on patient resistance and triadic medical interactions, providing insights into the dynamics and implications of third-party involvement in medical consultations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE
(2024)
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Harry Scarbrough, Katie Rose M. Sanfilippo, Alexandra Ziemann, Charitini Stavropoulou
Summary: This paper examines the contribution of pilot implementation studies to the wider spread and sustainability of innovation in healthcare systems. Through an empirical examination of an innovation intermediary organization in the English NHS, the study finds that their work in mobilizing pilot-based evidence involves configuring to context, transitioning evidence, and managing the transition. The findings contribute to theory by showing how intermediary roles can support the effective transitioning of pilot-based evidence, leading to more widespread adoption and sustainability of innovation.
SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE
(2024)
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Marta Seiz, Leire Salazar, Tatiana Eremenko
Summary: This study examines the impact of maternal educational selection on birth outcomes during an economic recession, and finds that more educated mothers are more likely to give birth during high unemployment periods. Additionally, maternal education mitigates the adverse effects of unemployment on birth outcomes and is consistently associated with better perinatal health.
SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE
(2024)
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Jingyuan Shi, Hye Kyung Kim, Charles T. Salmon, Edson C. Tandoc Jr, Zhang Hao Goh
Summary: This study examines the influence of individual and collective norms on COVID-19 vaccination intention across eight Asian countries. The findings reveal nuanced patterns of how individual and collective social norms influence health behavioral decisions, depending on the degree of cultural tightness-looseness.
SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE
(2024)
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Elliot Friedman, Melissa Franks, Elizabeth Teas, Patricia A. Thomas
Summary: This study found that positive relations with others have a significant impact on functional limitations and longevity in aging adults, independent of social integration and social support.
SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE
(2024)
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Zhuolin Pan, Yuqi Liu, Ye Liu, Ziwen Huo, Wenchao Han
Summary: This study examines the effects of age-friendly neighbourhood environment and functional abilities on life satisfaction among older adults in urban China. The findings highlight the importance of transportation, housing, and social and physical environment factors in influencing functional abilities and life satisfaction. The study provides valuable insights for policymakers in enhancing older adults' life satisfaction in the Chinese urban context.
SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE
(2024)