The Impact of the Diffusion of Information and Communication Technology on Health: A Cross-Country Study
| Autor: | Monchi Lio, Ping-Yu Liu, Ming-Hsuan Lee |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Economic growth
030505 public health Cross country Public economics business.industry Diffusion of information Fixed effects model 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Information and Communications Technology Life expectancy Aggregate data The Internet 030212 general & internal medicine 0305 other medical science Life-span and Life-course Studies business Panel data |
| Zdroj: | Applied Research in Quality of Life. 11:471-491 |
| ISSN: | 1871-2576 1871-2584 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s11482-014-9376-5 |
| Popis: | This study employed aggregate data drawn from the World Bank database for 61 countries for the period 2000 to 2009 and quantitatively evaluated the impact of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) diffusion on health outcomes. The empirical methodology included a dynamic panel data (DPD) model and a fixed effect (FE) model. The results show that the diffusion of the Internet and fixed and mobile telephones was positively associated with life expectancy. The diffusion of fixed and mobile telephones was associated with a reduction in infant and under-five mortality rates. The diffusion of the Internet was associated with a higher prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The diffusion of mobile phones was associated with decreases in the incidence of tuberculosis. An important policy implication for governments worldwide is that investing in ICT infrastructures and educating the public the use of ICT can be an alternative policy to improve health. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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