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Research on the effect of charitable donations on regional medical level
1Center for Social Security Studies, School of Political Science and Public Administration, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
Insights
Charitable donations in China widen the regional medical level gap, impacting both current and past contributions. This effect is most pronounced in the eastern region and between urban and rural areas, indicating charity
Area of Science:
- Public Health
- Health Economics
- Social Sciences
Background:
- Charity is a key mechanism for tertiary healthcare distribution.
- The impact of charitable donations on regional medical disparities remains under-researched.
Purpose of the Study:
- To analyze the effect of charitable donations on the regional medical level in China.
- To investigate the role of charity in regulating disparities in healthcare access and quality.
Main Methods:
- Analysis of provincial panel data from 1997 to 2019.
- Empirical examination of the impact of charitable donations on regional medical levels.
- Assessment of regional heterogeneity and urban-rural disparities.
Main Results:
- Charitable donations have widened the overall regional medical level gap in China, influenced by both current and accumulated past donations.
- The widening effect is most significant in the eastern region and between urban and rural areas.
- No significant effect on the regional medical level gap was observed in the central region.
Conclusions:
- Charity has not effectively regulated regional medical level gaps as intended.
- Existing charity promotion policies may require adjustment to address widening disparities.
- Further policy formulation is necessary to leverage charity for equitable regional medical development.
Abstract:
As the main vehicle for the tertiary distribution, charity has a certain regulating effect on regional medical level. However, the improvement of regional medical effect of charity has yet to be tested. Based on provincial panel data from 1997 to 2019, this study analyzes the impact of charitable donations on regional medical level. The empirical results show that charitable donations widen the gap of overall regional medical level in China, which not only results from the current period but also from charity accumulation in the past. The regional heterogeneity analysis show that charitable donations have expanded the regional medical level of the eastern and western regions, while have no significant effect on the regional medical level gap in the central region. The widening effect in the eastern region of charitable donations is the largest. In addition, charitable donations expand the regional medical level gap between urban and rural areas in China. Charity, as the regional medical development mechanism, has not yet played its due role and advantages in regulating regional medical level gap. Formulating and adjusting the corresponding charity promotion policies is necessary.
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