Convergence Study of Government Health Care Expenditure Based on the Provincial Panel Data
10.7664/CHE20130902
- VernacularTitle:基于省级面板数据的政府卫生支出收敛研究*
- Author:
Haixiang XIAO
;
Qi MOU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
government health expenditure;
area convergence;
fixed effect panel
- From:
Chinese Health Economics
2013;(9):9-12
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective: To analyze the convergence trend of the government health care expenditure, propose political advices to improve the balanced collocation of the inter-area government health care expenditure. Methods: The data of 31 provinces of China in 10 years period between 2000 and 2010 are adopted, the fixed panel model are used to analyze the convergence trend. Results:Government health care expenditure per capita in China exists σ-convergence, while the absolute β-convergence does not exist. Conclusion:The provincial government health expenditure in China has a trend of convergence.
