Heterogeneity in health funding and disparities in health outcome: a comparison between high focus and non-high focus states in India

Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation

Research

Deepak Kumar Behera¹  Ranjan Kumar Mohanty² 

[1] Department of Economics and Finance, The Business School, RMIT University, 700000, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam;Xavier Institute of Management, XIM University, 751013, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India;

关键词: Publicly financed health expenditure;    Health outcomes;    Infrastructural development;    High-focus states;    Non-high-focus states;    Fixed effects model;    Random effects model;    H51;    I10;    I18;    C23;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12962-023-00451-x

 received in 2021-11-15, accepted in 2023-07-01,  发布年份 2023

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundThe Central Government of India introduced the National Health Mission (NHM) in 2005 to improve health outcomes by enhancing publicly financed (government) health expenditure and health infrastructure at the state level. This study aims to examine the effects of the state-level heterogeneity in publicly financed spending on health services on major health outcomes such as life expectancy, infant mortality rate, child mortality rate, the incidence of malaria, and immunization coverage (i.e., BCG, Polio, Measles, and Tetanus).MethodsThis study investigates the relationships between publicly financed health expenditure and health outcomes by controlling income and infrastructure levels across 28 Indian States from 2005 to 2016. Along with all states, the empirical analysis has also been carried out for high-focus and non-high-focus states as per the NHM fund flow criteria. It has applied panel fixed-effects and random effects model wherever required based on the Hausman test.ResultsThe empirical results show that publicly financed health expenditure reduces infant mortality, child mortality, and malaria cases. At the same time, it improves life expectancy and immunization coverage in India. It also finds that the relationship between publicly financed health expenditure and health outcomes is weak, especially in the high-focus states.ConclusionsGiven the healthcare need for achieving desirable health outcomes, Indian States should enhance publicly financed expenditure on health services. This study augments essential guidance for implementing public health policies in developing countries.

【 授权许可】

CC BY   
© The Author(s) 2023

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