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Economics
Aswathy Rachel Varughese, Indrajit Bairagya
Summary: This study examines the disparities in education expenditure among Indian states and its impact on educational status, finding that household expenditure plays a crucial role in educational attainment and geographical location also influences educational achievement. Given the differences in educational input and output among states, a differential approach is necessary when devising policies to address educational backwardness.
STRUCTURAL CHANGE AND ECONOMIC DYNAMICS
(2021)
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Xueying Jin, Masao Iwagami, Nobuo Sakata, Takahiro Mori, Kazuaki Uda, Nanako Tamiya
Summary: This study assesses the regional variation in long-term care (LTC) spending across municipalities in Japan and identifies the drivers of such variation. The findings reveal a significant regional disparity in LTC spending, even after adjusting for population characteristics, with demand factors contributing the most to the overall variance.
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Urology & Nephrology
Rayner K. J. Tan, Kristien Michielsen, Linda Campbell, Joseph D. Tucker
Summary: Reliable information and access to sexual and reproductive health services are crucial during the COVID-19 pandemic. The I-SHARE study, led by a multi-country consortium, adopts an open science approach to address this need. Future research is needed to assess the impact of lifting COVID-19 restrictions on sexual and reproductive health.
NATURE REVIEWS UROLOGY
(2022)
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Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications
Xiaofei Li, Fen Chen, Songbo Hu
Summary: The study found that government public health spending has significant positive spatial correlation and spatial agglomeration effects with regional economic growth, which significantly promotes regional economic growth and also promotes the economic growth of neighboring areas through specific spatial spillover effects.
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Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
Abdulaziz H. Algaeed
Summary: This paper examines the impact of government spending volatility on economic growth in Saudi Arabia, an oil-producing country. The results show a negative effect of government spending volatility on real GDP growth in an oil-based economy. Additionally, it is found that real economic growth becomes more volatile when trade openness and credit fluctuate. The findings suggest that controlling instability in real GDP growth depends on the external sector and domestic credit.
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
B. W. Bresnahan, E. Vodicka, J. B. Babigumira, A. M. Malik, F. Yego, A. Lokangaka, B. M. Chitah, Z. Bauer, H. Chavez, J. L. Moore, L. P. Garrison, J. O. Swanson, D. Swanson, E. M. McClure, R. L. Goldenberg, F. Esamai, A. L. Garces, E. Chomba, S. Saleem, A. Tshefu, C. L. Bose, M. Bauserman, W. Carlo, S. Bucher, E. A. Liechty, R. O. Nathan
Summary: Improving maternal health has been a primary goal for international health agencies, with the aim of reducing maternal and child deaths and improving access to antenatal care services, especially in low- and middle-income countries. This study assessed the cost implications of routine antenatal screening ultrasound and found that while there were similarities in resource allocation and delivery location among countries, introducing antenatal screening ultrasound may not be economically efficient in LMICs, given the lack of clinical effectiveness evidence and resource constraints.
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Health Care Sciences & Services
Yuna Seo, Takaharu Takikawa
Summary: This study aimed to compare healthcare expenditure and health system performance between central cities in Tokyo and neighboring municipalities in Chiba Prefecture. The study found significant differences in the socioeconomic factors affecting healthcare expenditure and health system performance between different regions. The results suggest a need to address healthcare disparities in central cities and improve the healthcare system in the suburbs.
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Engineering, Environmental
Wenxiang Sheng, Liang Wan, Chengyuan Wang
Summary: The Chinese government's increased investment in environmental protection is found to be significantly negatively correlated with residents' medical and healthcare expenditure, particularly in provinces with lower economic development or a lower proportion of the elderly population. These findings highlight the potential benefits of fiscal environmental protection expenditure in curbing rising healthcare costs for residents.
ENVIRONMENTAL GEOCHEMISTRY AND HEALTH
(2022)
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Economics
Naimi Johansson, Mikael Svensson
Summary: There is significant regional variation in drug spending in Sweden, which may be justified by differences in health needs or indicative of inefficiencies caused by supply-side factors. This study aims to estimate the relative impact of individual demand-side factors and place-specific supply-side factors on geographical variation in drug spending. Using register data on prescription drug purchases and demographic information from a random sample of 900,000 individuals over a 10-year period, the analysis reveals that place-specific supply-side factors account for only 5%-10% of the variation in drug spending, while the remaining variation is driven by individual demand-side factors. These findings suggest that targeting place-specific characteristics may have limited impact on reducing regional variation in drug spending.
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Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
Jungsuk Kim, Cynthia Castillejos Petalcorin, Donghyun Park, Shu Tian
Summary: COVID-19 has disproportionately affected the elderly, who are over-represented among severe cases and deaths. The proportion of elderly in a population significantly influences the impact of COVID-19 on overall health, as well as the economic and social ramifications. This study empirically analyzes cross-country data from 1970 to 2018 and identifies determinants of the elderly share (those aged 65 and over) in a country's population. Quality of healthcare, life expectancy, female labor participation, fertility, female education attainment, income level, and geographic region are found to be influential factors.
SOCIAL INDICATORS RESEARCH
(2023)
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Lina Madaniyazi, Ben Armstrong, Yeonseung Chung, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Xerxes Seposo, Yoonhee Kim, Aurelio Tobias, Yuming Guo, Francesco Sera, Yasushi Honda, Antonio Gasparrini, Masahiro Hashizume
Summary: This study found that the seasonality of mortality is influenced by temperature, especially in temperate/continental climate zones. Warmer locations exhibit stronger seasonal variations in mortality, which is attributed to the stronger effect of temperature.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
(2022)
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Medicine, General & Internal
Paola Pedroza, Molly K. Miller-Petrie, Carina Chen, Suman Chakrabarti, Abigail Chapin, Simon Hay, Golsum Tsakalos, Anders Wimo, Joseph L. Dieleman
Summary: The global burden of dementia is increasing, and healthcare systems need to prepare for growing demand. According to the model estimates, global healthcare spending attributable to dementia increased by 4.5% annually from 2000 to 2019, reaching $263 billion in 2019. The projected future spending estimates indicate that by 2050, healthcare spending on dementia will reach $1.6 trillion, accounting for 11% of all expected health spending.
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Khushboo Balani, Sarthak Gaurav, Arnab Jana
Summary: This article examines the relationship between public health expenditure and income in India and finds a non-linear and bi-directional relationship between the two variables. The study also reports inter-state differences in the income elasticity of health expenditure, which can be attributed to administrative decisions made during colonial India.
SSM-POPULATION HEALTH
(2023)
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Nachiket Mor
Summary: Building good health systems is an important objective for policy makers in any country. This study analyzes the correlation between health expenditures and health outcomes, and finds that per-capita total, out-of-pocket, and pooled health expenditures have a significant impact on health outcomes, with pooled expenditures being particularly influential. However, these financial parameters can only explain part of the variation in health outcomes, and individual country contexts must also be taken into account.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
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Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
Silvia Marginean, Ramona Orastean
Summary: This paper examines the preparedness of EU countries' health systems in responding to pandemic shocks based on their financing levels. Using cluster analysis, the countries were classified into high, medium, and low health spenders. The findings reveal that countries with higher health spending performed better in terms of overall preparedness, impact, and digitalization, highlighting the importance of adequate financing for health system performance and resilience to future shocks.