Democracy, political freedom and health expenditures
Evidence from Eastern Mediterranean countries
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6073005 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ali Kazemi Karyani (0000-0002-4448-9317, Tehran University of Medical Sciences), Enayatollah Homaie Rad (0000-0002-9064-0380, Guilan University of Medical Sciences), Abolghasem Pourreza (0000-0002-6957-6660, Tehran University of Medical Sciences), Faramarz Shaahmadi (0000-0002-0473-9908, University of Tehran) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 187-194 |
| Publication date | 2015-09-21 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2056-4902 • E-ISSN: 2056-4910 |
| Publisher | Emerald (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1108/ijhrh-01-2015-0001 |
| OpenAlex | W1926355221 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 19 |
Purpose – Health can be influenced by many factors. One of the factors is the political context of the country and democracy. The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of freedom in press and polity index in overall, public, private and out of pocket health expenditures. Design/methodology/approach – A long-term panel data approach has been used to examine the relationship between democracy and health expenditures. The authors inserted polity and freedom into press indexes in the health expenditure model. Findings – Increase in freedom of the press and democracy will increase the overall, public and private health expenditures while they decrease out of pocket health expenditures. Originality/value – Polity and freedom index has a significant impact on all the health expenditure models
Context (archaeology · Democracy · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Health care · Health promotion · Index (typography · Originality · Political science · Politics · Polity · Public economics · Public health · Statistics · Value (mathematics · Global Health Care Issues · Healthcare Policy and Management · Healthcare Systems and Reforms · Law · Medicine · Public Administration
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| Citations per year | 0.57 |
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| Citation span | 2019 - 2023 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |