Government healthcare spending in times of economic sanctions
ABSTRACTWorldwide, countries are constantly exposed to the effects of global political and economic changes owing to benefit-sharing connections, whereby changes in the forms of relationships and sanction impositions can put pressure on countries’ financing systems, including the healthcare sector....
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| description | ABSTRACTWorldwide, countries are constantly exposed to the effects of global political and economic changes owing to benefit-sharing connections, whereby changes in the forms of relationships and sanction impositions can put pressure on countries’ financing systems, including the healthcare sector. This study examines the effects of economic sanctions on government healthcare spending. Quantitative data on government healthcare spending from the WHO covering the 2000–2020 period were evaluated using the Wilcoxon – Mann – Whitney test. The results showed that government healthcare spending in Iraq, Libya, and Iran did not respond to economic sanctions but it did decline significantly in Venezuela, suggesting a limited effect on countries with long economic sanction experiences. With the world’s continuous political and economic uncertainty, countries worldwide should not focus on short-term plans but regularly revise and bolster their healthcare financing pool and maintain financing strategies that limit the effect of global political and economic changes. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-07e695f496124532ae3aad7773dbc20a2024-03-18T15:42:12ZengTaylor & Francis GroupGlobal Security: Health, Science and Policy2377-94972024-12-019110.1080/23779497.2024.2327654Government healthcare spending in times of economic sanctionsSalem Al Mustanyir0Department of Accounting and Finance, Cork University Business School, University College Cork, Cork, IrelandABSTRACTWorldwide, countries are constantly exposed to the effects of global political and economic changes owing to benefit-sharing connections, whereby changes in the forms of relationships and sanction impositions can put pressure on countries’ financing systems, including the healthcare sector. This study examines the effects of economic sanctions on government healthcare spending. Quantitative data on government healthcare spending from the WHO covering the 2000–2020 period were evaluated using the Wilcoxon – Mann – Whitney test. The results showed that government healthcare spending in Iraq, Libya, and Iran did not respond to economic sanctions but it did decline significantly in Venezuela, suggesting a limited effect on countries with long economic sanction experiences. With the world’s continuous political and economic uncertainty, countries worldwide should not focus on short-term plans but regularly revise and bolster their healthcare financing pool and maintain financing strategies that limit the effect of global political and economic changes.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23779497.2024.2327654Healthcare spendingeconomic sanctionsfinancing challengesOPEC |
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| title | Government healthcare spending in times of economic sanctions |
| title_full | Government healthcare spending in times of economic sanctions |
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| title_short | Government healthcare spending in times of economic sanctions |
| title_sort | government healthcare spending in times of economic sanctions |
| topic | Healthcare spending economic sanctions financing challenges OPEC |
| url | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23779497.2024.2327654 |
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