声明
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 Research Background and significance of the study
1.2 Research objective
1.3 Research questions
1.4 Main content of the thesis
1.5 Innovation of the study
CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW AND RELATED CRITICAL THEORIES
2.1 2.1 Theories
2.1.2Demand for health theory
2.1.3The Health Kuznets Theory
2.1.4Stewardship Theory
2.1.5The production function theory
2.2 2.2 Empirical literature Review
2.2.1Relationship between macro-economic indicators and healthcare spending
2.2.2Health expenditure and health outcome
2.2.3Governance and health connections
2.2.4Influencing mechanisms of corruption and political stability on health expenditure Table 2.2 shows that corruption could contribute to reduced health spending through diverse channels. It has been established by (Mostert et al. 2015; Tormusa and Id
2.2.5Efficiency of healthcare spending
2.2.6Influencing mechanisms of research and development, physicians on healthcare efficiency
2.2.7Influencing mechanisms of industrialization, agricultural activities and public healthcare expenditure
CHAPTER 3 CONCEPTUAL FRAME WORK AND HYPOTHESIS
3.1 Conceptual framework
3.2 Hypothesis Development
3.2.1Hypothesis based Human Relations Theory
3.2.2Health production function theory
3.2.3Hypothesis based on the demand for health theory
3.2.4Hypothesis based on the relationship between industrialization, agricultural activities and health expenditure
3.2.5Hypothesis based on the Health Kuznets theory
CHAPTER 4 METHODOLOGY
4.1 Data and model specification on the effects of macro-economic indicators on public health spending
4.2 Data and model specification on the relationship between industrialization and public health expenditure based on objective two
4.3 Data and model specification on the influence of governance on health care expenditure and health outcome
4.4 Data and model specification on the efficiency of health expenditure
4.5 Preliminary procedures
4.5.1Cross-sectional dependence test
4.5.4Panel cointegration test
4.6 Estimation Technique
4.6.3Dumitrescu -Hurlin(DH) Panel causality test
4.6.5Data envelopment Analysis (The slack-based measure (SBM)
4.6.6Quantile regression methods
CHAPTER 5 PRELIMINARY RESULTS
5.1 Descriptive analysis
5.2 Cross-sectional dependence tests
5.3 Results of Homogeneity Test
5.4 Panel unit root test (Test of integration)
5.5 Results of Panel cointegration test
5.5.1Pedroni and Koa cointegration test
5.5.2Westerlund cointegration Test
CHAPTER 6 EMPIRICAL RESULTS AND DISCUSION
6.1 Results on the effects of macro-economic indicators on public health spending
6.1.1GMM estimation results
6.1.2Robustness check
6.2 Results on the relationship between industrialization and public health expenditure
6.2.1Empirical Results
6.2.3Results of Pooled Mean Group (PMG) Causality test
6.3 Discussion on the relationship between industrialization and public health expenditure based on objective two
6.4 Results based on the influence of governance on health expenditure and health outcome To achieve the third objective of the study. The study examined the role of governance on
6.4.1Fixed effect estimation results
6.5 Discussion based on the influence of governance on health expenditure and health outcome
6.6 Results based on the efficiency of health expenditure for objective four and five
6.6.1Tobit regression results
6.7 Discussion based on the determinants of healthcare efficiency
CHAPTER 7 CONCLUSIONS AND POLICY IMPLICATION OF THE STUDY
7.1 Conclusion
7.2 Policy implication
7.3 The limitation of the study
7.4 Recommendation for Future studies
参考文献
Publications
APPENDIX
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