Essential Healthcare Services and Economic Prosperity: Evidence from Cross-sectional and Time-series Data

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dc.contributor.authorLizardo, Radhames
dc.contributor.authorDavid, Benita
dc.date.accessioned2021-06-25T15:39:44Z
dc.date.available2021-06-25T15:39:44Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractThis paper examines the relationship between investments in healthcare services and economic development across the world. The motivation comes from the assertion of the 2015 Lancet Commission that “investment in surgical and anesthesia services is affordable, saves lives, and promotes economic growth” and the 2016 World Health Organization Bulletin 94:201-209F who indicates a strong explanatory power of per capita expenditure on health as a determinant of surgical volume, an essential healthcare service. Using several methodologies, we find support for the hypothesis that investment in surgical, anesthesia, and other essential healthcare services and beyond, promotes economic growth. Our finding suggests that, other things equal, an increase of 1% in healthcare expenditure per capita leads to an increase in economic prosperity varying from 0.22% to 0.88%.en_US
dc.identifier.citationLizardo, R. A., & David, B. (2019). Essential healthcare services and economic prosperity: evidence from cross-sectional and time-series data. International Journal of Economic Development, 12(2), 165-187.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://spaef.org/article/1874/Essential-Healthcare-Services-And-Economic-Prosperity-Evidence-From-Cross-Sectional-And-Time-Series-Data
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12521/149
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dc.titleEssential Healthcare Services and Economic Prosperity: Evidence from Cross-sectional and Time-series Dataen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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