我国政府卫生支出最优规模的实证研究

Empirical Analysis on the Optimal Scale of Government Health Expenditure in China

文章利用我国31个省市区2000—2011年的面板数据,对我国政府卫生支出是否存在最优规模进行了实证分析,结果发现存在能使我国经济增长达到最大的政府卫生支出规模,其最优规模为4.74%;而进一步分析表明,我国各省市区也存在政府卫生支出的最优规模,其实际规模普遍小于最优规模。

Based on the panel data of 31 provinces from 2000 to 2011 in China, using empirical analysis on whether there is an optimal scale of government health expenditure in China. The result shows that there is an optimal seale of government health expenditure to achieve the maximum of economic growth in China, which is 4.74%. Further analysis shows that there is also an optimal scale of government health expenditure in each province and city of China, which is much smaller than the optimal scale：