THE IMPACT OF PHYSICIANS’ DECENTRALIZATION ON HEALTH SERVICES AND ECONOMIC GROWTH

This study uses Zon and Muyken’s (2001) model to investigate the effect of physicians’ decentralization on health care production, human capital accumulation, and economic growth. The model includes the health, education, and production sectors, and was calibrated for the Brazilian economy in 2014 w...

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Main Authors: André Luiz Ribeiro Coutinho Berardo de Moraes Coelho, Tatiane Almeida de Menezes, Nelson Leitão Paes
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Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Estudos Regionais e Urbanos (ABER) 2019-01-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Estudos Regionais e Urbanos
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Online Access:https://revistaaber.org.br/rberu/article/view/313
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Tatiane Almeida de Menezes
Nelson Leitão Paes
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Tatiane Almeida de Menezes
Nelson Leitão Paes
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description This study uses Zon and Muyken’s (2001) model to investigate the effect of physicians’ decentralization on health care production, human capital accumulation, and economic growth. The model includes the health, education, and production sectors, and was calibrated for the Brazilian economy in 2014 with data from National Accounts, the Census and the Brazilian National Health System SUS. The aim was to estimate the impact of the change in the number of physicians per 100,000 inhabitants. We considered four different groups: municipalities with above and below 50,000 inhabitants in the south and southeast of Brazil and similarly for the north and northeast regions of the country. Our results indicate that increasing the number of physicians per 100,000 inhabitants raises the economy's long-term growth rate, improves the average quality of health, and increases the proportion of effective labor in the production of human capital.
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spelling doaj.art-078294e572c549ad8b87f27a40a877eb2022-12-21T20:12:34ZengAssociação Brasileira de Estudos Regionais e Urbanos (ABER)Revista Brasileira de Estudos Regionais e Urbanos2447-79902019-01-01123THE IMPACT OF PHYSICIANS’ DECENTRALIZATION ON HEALTH SERVICES AND ECONOMIC GROWTHAndré Luiz Ribeiro Coutinho Berardo de Moraes Coelho0Tatiane Almeida de Menezes1Nelson Leitão Paes2Universidade Federal de PernambucoUniversidade Federal de PernambucoUniversidade Federal de Pernambuco Universidade Federal do Mato GrossoThis study uses Zon and Muyken’s (2001) model to investigate the effect of physicians’ decentralization on health care production, human capital accumulation, and economic growth. The model includes the health, education, and production sectors, and was calibrated for the Brazilian economy in 2014 with data from National Accounts, the Census and the Brazilian National Health System SUS. The aim was to estimate the impact of the change in the number of physicians per 100,000 inhabitants. We considered four different groups: municipalities with above and below 50,000 inhabitants in the south and southeast of Brazil and similarly for the north and northeast regions of the country. Our results indicate that increasing the number of physicians per 100,000 inhabitants raises the economy's long-term growth rate, improves the average quality of health, and increases the proportion of effective labor in the production of human capital.https://revistaaber.org.br/rberu/article/view/313SaúdeMédicosDescentralizaçãoCrescimento econômico
spellingShingle André Luiz Ribeiro Coutinho Berardo de Moraes Coelho
Tatiane Almeida de Menezes
Nelson Leitão Paes
THE IMPACT OF PHYSICIANS’ DECENTRALIZATION ON HEALTH SERVICES AND ECONOMIC GROWTH
Revista Brasileira de Estudos Regionais e Urbanos
Saúde
Médicos
Descentralização
Crescimento econômico
title THE IMPACT OF PHYSICIANS’ DECENTRALIZATION ON HEALTH SERVICES AND ECONOMIC GROWTH
title_full THE IMPACT OF PHYSICIANS’ DECENTRALIZATION ON HEALTH SERVICES AND ECONOMIC GROWTH
title_fullStr THE IMPACT OF PHYSICIANS’ DECENTRALIZATION ON HEALTH SERVICES AND ECONOMIC GROWTH
title_full_unstemmed THE IMPACT OF PHYSICIANS’ DECENTRALIZATION ON HEALTH SERVICES AND ECONOMIC GROWTH
title_short THE IMPACT OF PHYSICIANS’ DECENTRALIZATION ON HEALTH SERVICES AND ECONOMIC GROWTH
title_sort impact of physicians decentralization on health services and economic growth
topic Saúde
Médicos
Descentralização
Crescimento econômico
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