. Seyede Sedighe Hosseini Jebeli; . Mohammad Hadian; . Aghdas Souresrafil
Volume 9, Issue 4 , April 2019, , Pages 1-5
Abstract
CONTEXT: There are numerous factors which affect the health status in different ways, includingfinancing mechanisms, health‑care expenditures, socioeconomic characteristics, and health‑careresources. ...
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CONTEXT: There are numerous factors which affect the health status in different ways, includingfinancing mechanisms, health‑care expenditures, socioeconomic characteristics, and health‑careresources. One of the most important factors which contribute to the health status of a populationis health‑care resource which includes number of beds or health‑care professionals for instance.AIMS: The objectives of this study were as follows: to examine the regression of the life expectancyand health‑care inputs and also to investigate the regression of death rate and health‑care inputs.SETTINGS AND DESIGN: This study was a panel dataset analysis of OECD countries.MATERIALS AND METHODS: A generalized method of moment (GMM) regression models withcountry‑level health outcomes (death rate and life expectancy) as dependent variables were estimated.A panel dataset with n = 26 (the number of countries) and T = 12 (the number of time periods) wasused. The GMM regression model was used to estimate the effect of health‑care resources onhealth outcomes.RESULTS: Findings showed that there are strong reverse correlations between immunization rate andnumber of physicians with crude rate of death (−2.64 [P < 001] and −76.50 [P < 001], respectively).There were also positive correlations between immunization rate and number of physicians withlife expectancy at birth (0.01 [P < 001] and 1.03 [P < 001], respectively). Moreover, there werenegative correlations between inpatient rate and beds with life expectancy (−0.00003 [P < 001]and −0.12 [P < 001], respectively).CONCLUSIONS: It is essential for policymakers to consider the optimal level of health resource toachieve better health outcomes. Oversupply of hospital beds and specialist doctors could lead toinduced demand and put the patients at risk of unnecessary procedures.
