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Title: ESTABLISHING THE EFFECT OF CHANGE IN PERCENTAGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH EXPENDITURE ON LIFE EXPECTANCY IN A COUNTRY
Authors: MARGARET MAGUMBA
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MARGARET MAGUMBA Uganda Revenue Athorty, Research, Planning and Development
MLA 8 Magumba, Margaret. "ESTABLISHING THE EFFECT OF CHANGE IN PERCENTAGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH EXPENDITURE ON LIFE EXPECTANCY IN A COUNTRY." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, vol. 4, no. 2, Feb. 2019, pp. 1256-1262, ijsser.org/more2019.php?id=92. Accessed Feb. 2019. APA Magumba, M. (2019, February). ESTABLISHING THE EFFECT OF CHANGE IN PERCENTAGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH EXPENDITURE ON LIFE EXPECTANCY IN A COUNTRY. Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, 4(2), 1256-1262. Retrieved from ijsser.org/more2019.php?id=92 Chicago Magumba, Margaret. "ESTABLISHING THE EFFECT OF CHANGE IN PERCENTAGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH EXPENDITURE ON LIFE EXPECTANCY IN A COUNTRY." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research 4, no. 2 (February 2019), 1256-1262. Accessed February, 2019. ijsser.org/more2019.php?id=92.
References [1]. World Bank (World Development Indicators) http://databank.worldbank.org/data/reports.aspx?source=world-development-indicators# [2]. Barro-Lee Dataset http://www.barrolee.com/data/yrsch2.htm
Abstract: It's every country's desire to increase its citizens' life expectancy. One of the popular approaches to achieving this goal is increasing public health expenditure. This study sought to establish the effect of a change in percentage of public health expenditure (relative to total government expenditure) on life expectancy in a country. It employed panel data analysis using first differences. The results indicate that at a 10% level of significance, a one percentage point increase in the percentage of public health expenditure is associated with a 0.088 year increment in life expectancy, controlling for changes in log GDP and level of education. Additionally, prevalence of undernourishment and the percentage of the population with access to an improved water source were shown to be mechanisms through which increment of public health expenditure operates to increase life expectancy. Improved water sources were found to be a superior mechanism.

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