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<bold>Research background:</bold> Health outcome such as infant mortality rate is an important measure of the standard of living. It is a part of Millennium Development Goals, which all countries of the World strive to achieve, by allocating enormous economic resources to the health sector respectively.
<bold>Purpose:</bold> The study assessed the impact of government expenditure on health and on health outcome (infant mortality rate) in the West Africa Sub-region.
<bold>Research methodology:</bold> Secondary data were collected from 2000 to 2015 on thirteen countries in the Sub-region. Owing to the fact that the nature of the data involved is macro-panel data, the study performed the pre-estimation test (such as panel unit-root test and co-integration test) to ascertain the time series properties of the series. Based on the results of the pre-estimation tests, the work employed the fully modified ordinary least square (FMOLS).
<bold>Results:</bold> It is found in the study that public health spending has an indirect impact on infant mortality rate in the West Africa Sub-region.
<bold>Novelty:</bold> No extant study examined the impact of public expenditure on health and on maternal mortality rate using the West Africa Sub-region as an area of coverage. This study employed a fully modified OLS (FMOLS) to assess the impact of public expenditure on health and on infant mortality rate in the West Africa Sub-region.
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Research background: Health outcome such as infant mortality rate is an important measure of the standard of living. It is a part of Millennium Development Goals, which all countries of the World strive to achieve, by allocating enormous economic resources to the health sector respectively.
Purpose: The study assessed the impact of government expenditure on health and on health outcome (infant mortality rate) in the West Africa Sub-region.
Research methodology: Secondary data were collected from 2000 to 2015 on thirteen countries in the Sub-region. Owing to the fact that the nature of the data involved is macro-panel data, the study performed the pre-estimation test (such as panel unit-root test and co-integration test) to ascertain the time series properties of the series. Based on the results of the pre-estimation tests, the work employed the fully modified ordinary least square (FMOLS).
Results: It is found in the study that public health spending has an indirect impact on infant mortality rate in the West Africa Sub-region.
Novelty: No extant study examined the impact of public expenditure on health and on maternal mortality rate using the West Africa Sub-region as an area of coverage. This study employed a fully modified OLS (FMOLS) to assess the impact of public expenditure on health and on infant mortality rate in the West Africa Sub-region.

Impact of Government Health Expenditure on Health Outcomes in the West African Sub-Region

Department of Economics, Faculty of Management Sciences

Folia Oeconomica Stetinensia

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Research background: Health outcome such as infant mortality rate is an important measure of the standard of living. It is a part of Millennium Development...

Impact of Government Health Expenditure on Health Outcomes in the West African Sub-Region

Published Online: Jun 24, 2021

Page range: 48 - 59

Received: Sep 10, 2020

Accepted: Mar 31, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/foli-2021-0004

Keywords
government expenditure, health outcomes, infant mortality rate, West Africa, fully modified OLS

© 2021 Rafiu Ayobanji Mustapha et al;, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Impact of Government Health Expenditure on Health Outcomes in the West African Sub-Region

Published Online: Jun 24, 2021

Page range: 48 - 59

Received: Sep 10, 2020

Accepted: Mar 31, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/foli-2021-0004

Keywordsgovernment expenditure, health outcomes, infant mortality rate, West Africa, fully modified OLS

© 2021 Rafiu Ayobanji Mustapha et al;, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Keywords
government expenditure, health outcomes, infant mortality rate, West Africa, fully modified OLS