地市级政府医疗卫生支出的影响因素研究——基于内蒙古的实证分析

Influencing factors for the health expenditures of municipal governments:An empirical research based on Inner Mongolia data

目的分析影响地市级政府医疗卫生支出的因素,并通过实证研究为政府部门制定相关政策提供实证证据。方法数据来源于2010—2019年各年的《内蒙古统计年鉴》,采用双向固定效用模型对数据进行分析。结果双向固定效用模型回归结果显示,解释变量一般公共预算收入、年末常住人口和卫生机构数量与地市级政府卫生支出呈正相关,且均具有统计学意义。卫生技术人员数量与地市级政府医疗卫生支出呈负相关,且具有统计学意义。结论地市级政府医疗卫生支出是多因素相互作用的结果,应通过着力发展经济和开展卫生发展规划来促进政府医疗卫生支出并防止其过快增长。

Objective To analyze the factors affecting the health expenditures of municipal governments, and toprovide evidence for policy making of government departments based on empirical results.Methods Data was drawn from the respectiveInner Mongolia Statistical Yearbook from 2010 to 2019, and analyzed by two-way fixed effects regression models.Results The two-way fixed effects regression results showed that general budget income, resident population, and the number of health institutions were significantly positively correlated with the municipal government’s health expenditures. In contrast, the number of health personnel was significantly negatively correlated with the municipal government’s health expenditures.Conclusions The municipal government’s health expendituresare affected by the interaction of many factors. The government should focus on the economic development and carry out health development planning to promote the appropriate health expenditures and to prevent them from growing too fast.