Nonlinear Granger Causality between Health Care Expenditure and Economic Growth in the OECD and Major Developing Countries.
Int J Environ Res Public Health
; 15(9)2018 09 07.
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Differing from previous studies ignoring the nonlinear features, this study employs both the linear and nonlinear Granger causality tests to examine the complex causal relationship between health care expenditure and economic growth among 15 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and 5 major developing countries. Some interesting findings can be obtained as follows: (1) For Australia, Austria, and UK, linear and nonlinear Granger causality does not exist between them. A unidirectional linear or nonlinear causality running from economic growth to health care expenditure can be found for Ireland, Korea, Portugal, and India. For these seven countries, health or fiscal policy related to health spending will not have an impact on economic growth; (2) For Belgium, Norway, and Mexico, only a unidirectional linear causality runs from health care expenditure to economic growth, while bidirectional linear causality can be found for Canada, Finland, Iceland, New Zealand, Spain, Brazil, and South Africa. Especially for the US, China, and Japan, a unidirectional nonlinear causality exists from health spending to economic growth. To improve the quality of national health, life quality and happiness, these 13 countries should actively look to optimise policy related to health care expenditure, such as by enhancing the efficiency of health costs to promote sustainable economic development.
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Assunto principal:
Desenvolvimento Econômico
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Países Desenvolvidos
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Gastos em Saúde
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Países em Desenvolvimento
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Produto Interno Bruto
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Health_economic_evaluation
Aspecto:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
Africa
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America do sul
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Asia
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Brasil
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Europa
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Mexico
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Oceania
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Int J Environ Res Public Health
Ano de publicação:
2018
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Article
País de afiliação:
China
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