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Determinants of public health spending in WAEMU area: An empirical investigation

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  • Tito Nestor TIEHI
  • Foungnigué Noé COULIBALY

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The aim of this article is to analyze the determinants of government spending on health in the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) area. To do this, we have collected panel data on which an autoregressive Distributed Lag model (ARDL) approach is applied at the end of econometric tests (Stationarity and Co-integration). As main results, population growth, use of mosquito nets, hospital beds, number of doctors, nurses - midwives, corruption scores and political stability are responsible for government spending. To be short, we can note that these determinants are both supply and demand factors. Thus, government action is not only political (ensuring political stability, good governance), but also medical (ensuring the professionalism of healthcare staff and raising awareness among the population about the use of Treated Mosquito nets with limited duration of action).

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  • Tito Nestor TIEHI & Foungnigué Noé COULIBALY, 2022. "Determinants of public health spending in WAEMU area: An empirical investigation," Bulletin of Applied Economics, Risk Market Journals, vol. 9(1), pages 39-49.
    • Handle: RePEc:rmk:rmkbae:v:9:y:2022:i:1:p:39-49
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    Keywords

    Public health spending and health; Autoregressive Distributed Lag; WAEMU;
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    JEL classification:

    • C23 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models
    • I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
    • R10 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - General

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