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. 2023 Sep 12:11:1194375.
doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1194375. eCollection 2023.

The impact of healthcare industry convergence on the performance of the public health system: a geospatial modeling study of provincial panel data from China

Wei Li  1 , Ke Zhu  2 , Echu Liu  3 , Wuzhen Peng  1 , Cheng Fang  2 , Qiong Hu  4 , Limei Tao  5
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The impact of healthcare industry convergence on the performance of the public health system: a geospatial modeling study of provincial panel data from China

Wei Li et al. Front Public Health. .

Abstract

Objective: This paper examines the impact of healthcare industry convergence on the performance of the public health system in the eastern, central, and western regions of China.

Methods: Public health performance was measured by a composite index of three standards: average life expectancy at birth, perinatal mortality, and maternal mortality. The healthcare industry convergence was measured using a coupling coordination degree method. The spatial lag, spatial error, and spatial Durbin models were used to estimate the effect of healthcare industry convergence on public health system performance and this effect's spatial dependence and heterogeneity across eastern, central, and western China using panel data from 30 Chinese provinces from 2002 to 2019.

Results: The convergence of the healthcare industry significantly promotes regional public health [β =0.576, 95% CI: (0.331,0.821)]. However, the convergence does not have a spatial spillover effect on the public health system at the national level. Additionally, analysis of regional heterogeneity shows that the direct effects of healthcare industry convergence on public health are positive and statistically significant for Eastern China, statistically insignificant for Central China, and positive and statistically significant for Western China. The indirect effects are negative, statistically significant, positive, statistically significant, and statistically insignificant for these three regions, respectively.

Conclusion: Policy efforts should strengthen the convergence between the healthcare industry and relevant industries. It can produce more current healthcare services to improve public health and reduce regional health inequality.

Keywords: China; geospatial; health care; industrial convergence; 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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Local Moran’s I scatter plot of 30 provinces in 2002.
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Local Moran’s I scatter plot of 30 provinces in 2019.
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