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. 2021 Jun 18:9:704155.
doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.704155. eCollection 2021.

Does the Economic Growth Improve Public Health? A Cross-Regional Heterogeneous Study in China

Xiao-Tong Niu  1 , You-Cai Yang  1 , Yu-Cong Wang  1
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Does the Economic Growth Improve Public Health? A Cross-Regional Heterogeneous Study in China

Xiao-Tong Niu et al. Front Public Health. .

Abstract

On public health, the effect of economic growth in China is analyzed in this paper by using the panel threshold regression model. The empirical study from 2000 to 2017 shows that China's economic growth has a significant threshold effect on public health. After the threshold is exceeded, public health will be improved dramatically. The threshold effect is heterogeneous at the regional level. The eastern region has no threshold, and both central and western regions have a single significant threshold. However, the threshold value and threshold effect in the central and western regions are also different. The heterogeneity is caused by the different levels of regional economic development. Therefore, based on public health utility maximization, the government should make different health policies according to the characteristics of regional development.

Keywords: China; economic growth; heterogeneous; panel threshold regression; public health.

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The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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Average medical and health expenditures in eastern, central, and western China from 2000 to 2017.
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