Letter
Medicine, General & Internal
J. Michael McWilliams, Ateev Mehrotra, Ali Russo
Summary: This cohort study investigates the impact of increasing COVID-19 cases on early spending changes and how policies to limit transmission affect healthcare spending as the pandemic progresses.
JAMA INTERNAL MEDICINE
(2021)
Article
Economics
Jean-Louis Combes, Alexandru Minea, Pegdewende Nestor Sawadogo
Summary: The study found that total public spending does not affect government bond spreads, while higher current spending (i.e., public investment) may increase government bond spreads. The research also revealed nonlinearities in the impact of current spending on government bond spreads driven by the quality of institutions.
ECONOMIC MODELLING
(2021)
Article
Economics
Alicia Chavez, Dusan Paredes
Summary: This article evaluates economies of scale in local public spending in Chile, emphasizing the country's geographical features and high fiscal heterogeneity. The study finds that Chilean municipalities reach an optimum population level at around 700,000 inhabitants, with only two cities qualifying. When considering different levels of market potential, municipalities with low, medium, and high potential reach their optimum at approximately 28,000, 124,000, and 680,000 inhabitants, respectively.
SOCIO-ECONOMIC PLANNING SCIENCES
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Francisco Castillo-Zunino, Pinar Keskinocak, Dima Nazzal, Matthew C. Freeman
Summary: The success of vaccination coverage in some low-income countries was not attributed to economic development, total health expenditure, or aggregated development assistance for health. The higher vaccination coverage in LIC+ was associated with increasing government health spending, particularly in routine immunisation vaccines.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Jinfang Tian, Shu Zhang, Xudong Wei, Shan Zhuang, Mingxuan Zhang
Summary: Enterprises, as major contributors to air pollution, pose risks to public health and require urgent government intervention. This study finds that government environmental attention has a significant impact on public health, especially in Central and Western China, low-openness regions, and after incorporating environmental performance in the cadre evaluation system.
FRONTIERS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Thermodynamics
Canh Phuc Nguyen, Thanh Dinh Su
Summary: The study shows that government spending has a dual effect on energy poverty, with institutional quality playing a critical role, and the effects are transmitted through channels of economic growth and income inequality.
News Item
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Mariana Lenharo
Summary: Researchers emphasize the need for a plan to safeguard countries from exploitation in order to prevent future pandemics.
News Item
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Max Kozlov, Lauren Wolf
Summary: This article introduces a medical chief who has advised seven presidents on multiple outbreaks, from the AIDS epidemic to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Yanan Zhang, Matthew R. Bennett, Sue Yeandle
Summary: The study revealed that unpaid carers in England generally have lower subjective well-being compared to non-carers, but in areas with higher local government spending on adult social care, the subjective well-being of carers is similar to that of non-carers, indicating a moderating effect of ASC spending on carers' well-being.
News Item
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Jeff Tollefson, Max Kozlov, Amy Maxmen, Alexandra Witze
Summary: This article assesses whether the US president has fulfilled his promise of making evidence-based decisions in his first year in office.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Rosemary Jenkins, Eszter P. Vamos, Kate E. Mason, Konstantinos Daras, David Taylor-Robinson, Clare Bambra, Christopher Millett, Anthony A. Laverty
Summary: Reductions in local government spending may increase the risk of hospital admissions for nutritional anaemias, particularly in deprived areas.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Jorge Cristobal, Michael Ehrenstein, Antonio Dominguez-Ramos, Angel Galan-Martin, Carlos Pozo, Maria Margallo, Ruben Aldaco, Laureano Jimenez, Angel Irabien, Gonzalo Guillen-Gosalbez
Summary: The paper discusses the link between national public spending and the achievement of SDGs, assesses the efficiency of national public spending through data envelopment analysis, and finds that low-income and high-income countries have higher average public spending efficiency. Low middle-income and upper middle-income countries still have room for improvement in public spending.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
Anthony Orji, Jonathan E. Ogbuabor, Peter Mba, Onyinye I. Anthony-Orji
Summary: Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa and the eight most populous nation in the world. Despite being relatively wealthy in terms of oil reserves, high levels of poverty persist due to corruption and mismanagement. The study found that government health expenditure in Nigeria significantly reduces under-5 mortality rate and improves life expectancy, indicating the importance of targeted investment in healthcare for improved health outcomes.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Katie Fahy, Alexandros Alexiou, Konstantinos Daras, Kate Mason, Davara Bennett, David Taylor-Robinson, Ben Barr
Summary: Over the past decade, budget cuts to local authority in England have affected cultural, environmental, and planning services, leading to potential impacts on population mental health. This study found that cuts in CEP spending were associated with worsening mental health outcomes, particularly in relation to planning and development services. These impacts were more significant in affluent areas.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Hamad Ghaleb Dailah
Summary: The study evaluated the effectiveness of an asthma educational program and found that patients in the intervention group performed better in terms of asthma control, self-management, knowledge, and awareness. Married patients and those with undergraduate degrees scored higher in demographic tests, indicating the need for attention in these categories.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2021)