Does universal health insurance act as a driver of increased life expectancy? Evidence from selected emerging economies
Background: The world currently has experienced an unimaginable increase in life expectancy rate (LER). There are many factors that influence LER, including faith and forgiveness. However, an ongoing argument among scholars is whether health insurance is partly ascribed to the historical forces that...
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| author | Sabina Ampon-Wireko Zhou LuLin Henry Asante Antwi Ebenezer Wireko Brobbey Arielle Doris Kachie |
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| description | Background: The world currently has experienced an unimaginable increase in life expectancy rate (LER). There are many factors that influence LER, including faith and forgiveness. However, an ongoing argument among scholars is whether health insurance is partly ascribed to the historical forces that drive the surge in LER among emerging countries. The study seeks to investigate the long-run effect of universal health insurance (UHI) on LER among 15 selected emerging countries spanning from 2000 to 2015. Methods: Using the panel unit root, panel cointegration, panel fully modified least squares (FMOLS), and employing the Dynamic ordinary least square (DOLS) as a robust check, the study analyzed connections between the study variables. Results: The outcome of the results showed that UHI, physician ratio, healthcare expenditure, and educational factors are positive contributors to increasing life expectancy, while economic growth remained negatively significant in the selected emerging economies. Conclusion: This study showed that improved education, increased physician ratio, increasing health expenditures, and universal insurance coverage were correlated with increased life expectancy in emerging economies. In order to promote healthy lives of its citizens, a move toward UHI coverage is suggested since it increases the life expectancy rate among emerging nations. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-583fec0278114159a5ac6f8c6bddb5372022-12-21T23:17:15ZengHealth for All NationsChristian Journal for Global Health2167-24152020-01-0172526610.15566/cjgh.v7i2.347347Does universal health insurance act as a driver of increased life expectancy? Evidence from selected emerging economiesSabina Ampon-Wireko0Zhou LuLin1Henry Asante Antwi2Ebenezer Wireko Brobbey3Arielle Doris Kachie4MA, PhD(c) Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, ChinaProfessor of Public Management, Dean of School of Management, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China and Head of Governing Board of Social Health Insurance in Jiangsu Province (PRC)PhD, post-doctoral fellow of the Institute of Health Insurance and Social Medicine, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, ChinaMA, tutor at Manso-Amenfi Senior High School, Amenfi, GhanaPhD(c), Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, ChinaBackground: The world currently has experienced an unimaginable increase in life expectancy rate (LER). There are many factors that influence LER, including faith and forgiveness. However, an ongoing argument among scholars is whether health insurance is partly ascribed to the historical forces that drive the surge in LER among emerging countries. The study seeks to investigate the long-run effect of universal health insurance (UHI) on LER among 15 selected emerging countries spanning from 2000 to 2015. Methods: Using the panel unit root, panel cointegration, panel fully modified least squares (FMOLS), and employing the Dynamic ordinary least square (DOLS) as a robust check, the study analyzed connections between the study variables. Results: The outcome of the results showed that UHI, physician ratio, healthcare expenditure, and educational factors are positive contributors to increasing life expectancy, while economic growth remained negatively significant in the selected emerging economies. Conclusion: This study showed that improved education, increased physician ratio, increasing health expenditures, and universal insurance coverage were correlated with increased life expectancy in emerging economies. In order to promote healthy lives of its citizens, a move toward UHI coverage is suggested since it increases the life expectancy rate among emerging nations.https://journal.cjgh.org/index.php/cjgh/article/view/347/759universal health insurancelife expectancyemerging countriesfully modified least squares |
| spellingShingle | Sabina Ampon-Wireko Zhou LuLin Henry Asante Antwi Ebenezer Wireko Brobbey Arielle Doris Kachie Does universal health insurance act as a driver of increased life expectancy? Evidence from selected emerging economies Christian Journal for Global Health universal health insurance life expectancy emerging countries fully modified least squares |
| title | Does universal health insurance act as a driver of increased life expectancy? Evidence from selected emerging economies |
| title_full | Does universal health insurance act as a driver of increased life expectancy? Evidence from selected emerging economies |
| title_fullStr | Does universal health insurance act as a driver of increased life expectancy? Evidence from selected emerging economies |
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| title_short | Does universal health insurance act as a driver of increased life expectancy? Evidence from selected emerging economies |
| title_sort | does universal health insurance act as a driver of increased life expectancy evidence from selected emerging economies |
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