Does energy poverty increase health care expenditures in China?

Wang, Youfa; Li, Qiaoge

doi:10.1080/00036846.2023.2210823

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“…Consequently, this dominance of the second pathway leads to decreases in the three health expense outcomes. This finding accounts for the divergent sign observed in our results compared to the findings from the case study conducted in China by Nie and Li (2023).…”

Section: Mechanismscontrasting

confidence: 87%

“…The selection of covariates in this study was driven by both theoretical considerations and practical significance, as established by prior research (Nie and Li 2023;Oliveras et al 2020). To ensure comprehensive control, we incorporated two primary sets of characteristics.…”

Section: Covariatesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The study conducted by Phoumin and Kimura (2019) revealed that Cambodian households affected by energy poverty experience a significant decline in their earning capacity, with a notable 48% reduction compared to households unaffected by energy poverty. Furthermore, Chinese families with limited energy access often face food scarcity, resulting in reduced expenditure on food (Li et al 2022;Nie and Li 2023). Another study by Porto Valente et al (2022) supports the notion that high energy expenses have a detrimental impact on the affordability of necessities, such as clothing.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 95%

“…The IEA further anticipates that by 2030, approximately 660 million individuals are expected to experience a lack of access to electricity, while a staggering 2.4 billion people will continue to rely on traditional biomass for cooking purposes, causing pronounced detrimental health impacts (United Nations 2022). It is widely acknowledged that in addition to enduring adverse health conditions, households experiencing energy poverty also bear the burden of increased energy expenses, which in turn significantly impact health expenditure, particularly in situations of fixed disposable income (Churchill et al 2020;Nie and Li 2023;Zhang et al 2019). Thus, the attainment of universal health coverageone of the key targets of the SDGs-is presented with a potential hurdle in the form of energy poverty.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Energy Poverty and Health Expenditure: Empirical Evidence from Vietnam

Nguyen-Phung,

2024

Social Sciences

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Utilizing data from the 2016 Vietnam Household Living Standard Survey, we undertake an empirical investigation into the influence of energy poverty on the health expenditure of Vietnamese households. Employing a double-hurdle model, our empirical findings reveal a negative relationship between energy poverty and health expenditure. Specifically, our results indicate that for each incremental unit increase in energy poverty, there is a substantial reduction of 42.5 percentage points in the overall health expenditure of the households. Furthermore, as energy poverty deepens, we observe declines of 24.6 percentage points and 45.5 percentage points in the expenses incurred for inpatient/outpatient care and self-treatment, respectively. To validate the robustness of our results, we conduct several sensitivity analyses, including propensity score matching, double/debiased machine learning. Across all these methods, our findings consistently underscore the significant and persistent adverse impact of energy poverty on the examined outcome variables. Additionally, to examine the underlying pathways, we conduct a structural equation modeling analysis and find that the relationship between energy poverty and health expenses is mediated by household hospitalization and expenditures on essential items, such as food and daily necessities.

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Section: Mechanismscontrasting

confidence: 87%

Section: Covariatesmentioning

confidence: 99%