Effects of state‐level public spending on health on the mortality probability in India

Farahani, Mansour; Subramanian, S. V.; Canning, David

doi:10.1002/hec.1557

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“…The studies by Wagstaff and Claeson (2004) and the World Bank (2004) also revealed insignificant effect of public health spending on infant and under-five mortality. A number of Indian studies have also come out with a similar finding (Deolalikar, 2004;Bhalotra, 2007;Farahani et al, 2010).…”

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Public Spending on Health and Childhood Mortality in India

2013

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The present study attempts to investigate the association between public spending on health and childhood mortality in India; using time-series cross-sectional data from various government sources for the period 1985-2009. Infant and child (age 1 to 4 years) mortality rates were used as the indicators for childhood mortality. Ordinary least squares, generalized least squares and fixed effects regression models were used to investigate the association between public spending on health and childhood mortality. The findings suggest insignificant association between public spending on health and childhood mortality both at the country level and for the EAG states. On the contrary, per capita state income and female literacy were significantly associated with improved childhood survival. Percentage of the population living below the poverty line was significantly associated with infant and child mortality only in the EAG states. The findings call for a number of other measures along with increased public spending on health to reduce infant and child mortality in India.

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“…A study by Bhalotra (2007) found a significant effect of public health expenditure on infant mortality. Farahani et al (2010) found that public health expenditure reduced the probability of death among women, young, and elderly in India.…”

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Public Spending on Health and Childhood Mortality in India

2013

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“…The impact of pensions, or, more generally, of income on life expectancy, has been well studied (as for example in Smith (1999);Cutler et al (2006)). The assumption that health care has a direct impact on survival has also been well established (Farahani et al, 2010). However, less is known about the mediating effects of social contacts and ties, which may in turn be influenced by income and health.…”

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Care for Money? Mortality Improvements, Increasing Intergenerational Transfers, and Time Devoted to the Elderly

Vogt

Kluge

2014

SSRN Journal

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“…While the need for increasing public expenditure on health care seems necessary from a policy perspective, existing studies on the issue present at best a mixed picture. While some papers report that public expenditure on health care has very little effect, if at all, on health outcomes (Filmer and Pritchett, 1999;Kaur and Misra, 2003;Deolalikar et al, 2004), others find some positive impact (Anand and Ravallion, 1993;Bhalotra, 2007;Farahani et al, 2010).…”

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“…Studies which use state-level panel data sets usually report that there is no significant relation between public health expenditure and health outcomes (Kaur and Misra, 2003;Deolalikar et al, 2004). On the other hand, some studies that have used individual level cross-sectional data from the National Family and Health Surveys do find some effect of public health expenditure on the probability of infant death (Bhalotra, 2007;Farahani et al, 2010).…”

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The Effect of Public Health Expenditure on Infant Mortality: Evidence from a Panel of Indian States, 1983–1984 to 2011–2012

Barenberg

Basu

Soylu

2016

The Journal of Development Studies

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Using a panel data set of Indian states between 1983-84 and 2011-12, this paper studies the impact of public health expenditure on the infant mortality rate (IMR), after controlling for other relevant covariates like per capita income, female literacy, and urbanization. We find that public expenditure on health care reduces IMR. Our baseline specification shows that an increase in public health expenditure by 1 percent of state-level GDP is associated with a reduction in the IMR by about 8 infant deaths per 1000 live births. We also find that female literacy and urbanization reduces the IMR.JEL Codes: E12, E20.

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Effects of state‐level public spending on health on the mortality probability in India

Cited by 77 publications

References 35 publications

Public Spending on Health and Childhood Mortality in India

Public Spending on Health and Childhood Mortality in India

Care for Money? Mortality Improvements, Increasing Intergenerational Transfers, and Time Devoted to the Elderly

The Effect of Public Health Expenditure on Infant Mortality: Evidence from a Panel of Indian States, 1983–1984 to 2011–2012

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