Fiscal decentralization and public health service supply in China: A meta-regression analysis
10.3969/j.issn.1674-2982.2017.06.014
- VernacularTitle:中国财政分权与公共医疗卫生服务供给的荟萃回归分析
- Author:
Junjie HUANG
;
Pingping WANG
- Keywords:
Fiscal decentralization;
Health;
Meta-regression analysis
- From:
Chinese Journal of Health Policy
2017;10(6):73-79
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
This paper aims to conduct a literature meta-analysis of the results of existing empirical researches about the relationship between fiscal decentralization and supply of public health service in China.It was found that the different empirical results of the impact of China''s fiscal decentralization on the supply of public health services are subject to different research characteristics.The actual results of the impact, especially the significant effect, are influenced by the characteristics of the starting year, the year of termination, and the number of models, whether the model contains population density, transfer payments, degree of openness, and whether the independent variables include the fiscal expenditure decentralization.Through the funnel plot asymmetry test, it was found that there was publication bias in the sample literature.
