Public Spending on Health Care and the Poor

By Marijn Verhoeven, Sanjeev Gupta, Erwin H Tiongson

September 1, 2001

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Marijn Verhoeven, Sanjeev Gupta, and Erwin H Tiongson. Public Spending on Health Care and the Poor, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2001) accessed December 22, 2024

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Summary

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.

Subject: Education, Expenditure, Health, Health care, Health care spending

Keywords: Asia and Pacific, Child mortality rate, DHS asset quintile data, Effect of public spending, Health, Health care, Health care spending, Infant mortality, Live births, Mortality rate, Poverty, Poverty line, Propoor public spending, Public spending, Public spending matter, Results of the lin-log regression, Subgroup means, Sub-Saharan Africa, WP

Publication Details

Pages:

39
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Working Paper No. 2001/127
Stock No:

WPIEA1272001
ISBN:

9781451854985
ISSN:

1018-5941

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