政府卫生支出对居民健康水平的门槛效应研究

Research of Threshold Effect of Government Health Expenditure on Residents' Health

目的研究政府卫生支出对居民健康水平的门槛效应。方法利用面板门槛模型进行实证研究。结果政府卫生支出对居民健康水平存在门槛效应,且具有两个门槛值,随着政府卫生支出占政府财政总支出比例的增加,其对居民健康水平的影响将发生两次变化。结论政府应继续加大卫生支出,提高卫生支出在财政总支出中的比例,同时,也不能盲目追求卫生支出的高投入,应注重卫生支出使用效率,避免资源浪费。

Objective To study the threshold effect of government health expenditure on residents’ health. Methods Using threshold panel data model to perform the empirical research. Results There is threshold effect of government health expenditure on residents’ health. There are two threshold values. As the increase of the proportion of the government health expenditure to the total fiscal expenditure, it has two changes of the impact on the health of residents. Conclusion The government should increase the health expenditure, and increase the proportion of the government health expenditure to the total fiscal expenditure, but the government should not blindly pursue the high input of health expenditure, focus on the efficiency of health expenditure, and avoid of resource waste.