The Relative Importance of Globalization and Public Expenditure on Life Expectancy in Europe: An Approach Based on MARS Methodology
| Autor: | Salvador Cruz Rambaud, Pedro Antonio Martín Cervantes, Nuria Rueda López |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Internationality
Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis Population lcsh:Medicine Public expenditure Gross domestic product Article 03 medical and health sciences Globalization 0302 clinical medicine Life Expectancy 0502 economics and business Health care Development economics Economics Humans 030212 general & internal medicine 050207 economics education education.field_of_study life expectancy at birth business.industry 05 social sciences lcsh:R Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health MARS Public Expenditures Europe Gross national income Social protection Socioeconomic Factors Life expectancy health outcome developed countries Health Expenditures relative importance business globalization public expenditure |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 17, Iss 8614, p 8614 (2020) International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Volume 17 Issue 22 riUAL. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Almería Universidad de Almería |
| ISSN: | 1661-7827 1660-4601 |
| Popis: | Background: There has been a widespread debate about the overall impact of globalization on population, not just economically, but also in terms of health status. Moreover, the current health crisis is going to force governments to review the structure of the public budget to most effectively alleviate the negative economic and health effects on the population. Objective: The aim of this paper is to analyze the relative importance of globalization and the public budget composition&mdash specifically the participation of public expenditure on healthcare, social services and environment in gross domestic product (GDP)&mdash on life expectancy at birth in European countries during the period 1995&ndash 2017. Methods: The Multivariate Adaptive Regression Splines (MARS) methodology was applied to analyze the socioeconomic determinants of life expectancy at birth. Results: Our findings show that globalization has no relative importance as an explanatory variable of life expectancy in European countries, while government expenditure on social protection is the most relevant followed by public expenditure on health, gross national income per capita, education level of the population and public expenditure on environmental protection. Conclusion: European strategies intended to impact on health outcome should spend more attention to the composition of public budget. |
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