Child Mortality and Public Spending on Health: How Much Does Money Matter?

作者：Deon Filmer · 发表于：World Bank policy research working paper · 年份：1999 · DOI：10.1596/1813-9450-1864 · 被引用次数：78 · 研究领域：Global Health Care Issues、Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth、Health disparities and outcomes

No AccessPolicy Research Working Papers21 Jun 2013Child Mortality and Public Spending on Health: How Much Does Money Matter?Authors/Editors: Deon FilmerDeon Filmerhttps://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-1864SectionsAboutPDF (0.1 MB) ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareFacebookTwitterLinked In Abstract:December 1997 Roughly 95 percent of cross-national variation in child or infant mortality can be explained by a country's per capita income, the distribution of income, the extent of women's education, the level of ethnic fragmentation, and the predominant religion. Public spending on health has relatively little impact. Filmer and Pritchett use cross-national data to examine the impact on child (under 5) and infant mortality of both nonhealth (economic, cultural, and educational) factors and public spending on health. They come up with two striking findings: ° Roughly 95 percent of cross-national variation in mortality can be explained by a country's per capita income, the distribution of income, the extent of women's education, the level of ethnic fragmentation, and the predominant religion. ° Public spending on health has relatively little impact, with a coefficient that is numerically small and statistically insignificant at conventional levels. Independent variations in public spending explain less than one-tenth of 1 percent of the observed differences in mortality across countries The estimates imply that for a developing country at average income levels...