Health financing, environmental quality and health outcomes: evidence from developing countries

• Main Authors: Mohamed Nor, Norashidah, Lacheheb, Miloud, Law, Siong Hook, Raja Abdullah, Nik Mustapha
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: International Economic Society 2016
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/54425/1/Health%20financing%2C%20environmental%20quality%20and%20health%20outcomes.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/54425/; http://www.econ-society.org/ijep_2016_10.1.3.php

This paper attempts to investigate the impact of health financing and environmental quality on health outcome in low and lower-middle income countries using Generalized Method of Moments (GMM). Data were obtained from World Development Indicators and World Governance Indicators. Results based on system GMM reveal that health financing plays a positive role in stimulating life expectancy, whereas the reverse is observed if health is financed privately or from individuals’ out-of-pocket expenditure. At the same time, improved environmental quality is found to be an influential factor that can contribute to a better health condition. These findings enhance our understanding of good health as a product of the combination of different factors.