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. 2024 May 13:12:1320216.
doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1320216. eCollection 2024.

Health effect of public sports services and public health services: empirical evidence from China

Lin Cao  1 , Jianguang Cai  1 , Yanping Gong  2 , Qingqing Bao  3 , Junrong Hu  4 , Ningxiao Tang  1
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Health effect of public sports services and public health services: empirical evidence from China

Lin Cao et al. Front Public Health. .

Abstract

There is no clear explanation for the extraordinary rebound in China's population mortality over the past decade. This paper utilizes panel data from 31 Chinese provinces from 2010 to 2020 to determine the distinct impacts of public sports services (PSS), public health services (PMS), and their interaction on population mortality. Empirical results show that public sports services significantly reduce mortality. Every unit increase in public sports services reduces mortality by about 2.3%. It is characterized by delayed realization. Public health services were surprisingly associated with a rebound in mortality. Further studies found strong health effect from interaction of public sports and health services. The effect was significantly strengthened in areas with fewer extreme temperatures or developed economy. The findings have important policy implications for the high-quality development of public sports and health services. It also emphasizes integration of sports and medicine and mitigates health risks associated with extreme temperatures.

Keywords: health effect; integration of sports and medicine; national health; public health services; public sports services.

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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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Funnel model of effective expenditure of public health services in China.
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A intervention framework of integration of sports and medicine based on the whole life course.
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The mortality of provinces in China in 2010 and 2020.
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