Irfan Ullah1, Assad Ullah2, Sher Ali3, Petra Poulova4, Ahsan Akbar5, Muhammad Haroon Shah6, Alam Rehman7, Muhammad Zeeshan8, Fakhr E Alam Afridi3. 1. Reading Academy, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, People's Republic of China. 2. School of Economics, Henan University, Kaifeng, People's Republic of China. 3. Department of Economics, Islamia College Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan. 4. Department of Informatics and Quantitative Methods, Faculty of Informatics and Management, University of Hradec Kralove, Hradec Kralove, 500 03, Czech Republic. 5. International Business School, Guangzhou City University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510080, People's Republic of China. 6. College of International Students, Wuxi University, Wuxi 214105, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China. 7. Faculty of Management Sciences, National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad, Pakistan. 8. College of Business Administration, Liaoning Technical University, XingCheng, Liaoning Province, 125105, People's Republic of China.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The provision of healthcare facilities remains high on the manifesto of various political parties in Pakistan and healthcare spending has witnessed a significant surge in the last two decades that is expected to positively influence health outcomes in the country. Therefore, this research aims to explore the effects of healthcare expenditures on the actual health status of the masses in Pakistan for the period 1995Q1 to 2017Q1. METHODS: We apply the Quantile Autoregressive Distributed Lag (QARDL) approach for estimation purposes. This is the most recent and emerging estimation technique in time series analysis. RESULTS: Our findings confirm that public healthcare spending significantly impacts health outcomes in Pakistan both in the short-run and long-run. Public healthcare spending improves life expectancy and reduces death rate and infant mortality. CONCLUSION: The study concludes that public healthcare is the main focus of the current regime. It is noticed that spending on healthcare significantly contributes to the health outcomes in Pakistan. These efforts by the government significantly promote life expectancy and drop down the mortality ratio in the country. Based on these notable facts, the government should allocate sufficient resources towards the latest healthcare technologies and equipment to optimize health outcomes in the country.
OBJECTIVE: The provision of healthcare facilities remains high on the manifesto of various political parties in Pakistan and healthcare spending has witnessed a significant surge in the last two decades that is expected to positively influence health outcomes in the country. Therefore, this research aims to explore the effects of healthcare expenditures on the actual health status of the masses in Pakistan for the period 1995Q1 to 2017Q1. METHODS: We apply the Quantile Autoregressive Distributed Lag (QARDL) approach for estimation purposes. This is the most recent and emerging estimation technique in time series analysis. RESULTS: Our findings confirm that public healthcare spending significantly impacts health outcomes in Pakistan both in the short-run and long-run. Public healthcare spending improves life expectancy and reduces death rate and infant mortality. CONCLUSION: The study concludes that public healthcare is the main focus of the current regime. It is noticed that spending on healthcare significantly contributes to the health outcomes in Pakistan. These efforts by the government significantly promote life expectancy and drop down the mortality ratio in the country. Based on these notable facts, the government should allocate sufficient resources towards the latest healthcare technologies and equipment to optimize health outcomes in the country.
Authors: Muhammad Daoud Butt; Siew Chin Ong; Muhammad Umar Wahab; Muhammad Fawad Rasool; Fahad Saleem; Adnan Hashmi; Ahsan Sajjad; Furqan Aslam Chaudhry; Zaheer-Ud-Din Babar Journal: Int J Environ Res Public Health Date: 2022-10-02 Impact factor: 4.614