THE DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH CARE EXPENDITURES IN AFRICAN COUNTRIES-S Country-Level Panel Data Analysis.pdf

1、This thesis identifies and analyzes the determinants of healthcare expenditures in African countries as well as the extent of the underlying link and implications existing between them.We use a longitudinal dataset of 44

2、 African countries for a period of 15years from 1997-2011 to estimate country and time fixed effects within and between the countries involved.Two functional forms are employed in the literature namely a semi and double-

3、logarithmic functional form respectively.We include government expenditures, a never previously tested variable in the African healthcare economics literature.We equally control for foreign aid fungibility to determine t

4、he effectiveness of aid.As a result, we observe that real per capita income, government expenditures and foreign aid schemes are all statistically significant and have a positive link to real per capita healthcare expend

5、itures.On average, health care spending grows slightly faster than incomes hence its income elasticity is considered elastic.There is no perceived case of fungibility therefore a reductive impact in donor contributions i

6、s nonexistent.Population dependency showed mixed results and life expectancy still negatively impacts the increase in funding for medical care via high unit costs hence indicating the rudimentary level of medical technol