信息和通信技术和环境退化对卫生支出的影响
Yuksel Bayraktar1, Serdar Aydin2, Mehmet Ali Çakır3
1Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey.
概括
环境退化,包括森林产品和碳足迹,显著增加了卫生支出. 然而,信息和通信技术降低了这些成本,而COVID-19大流行则提高了这些成本.
科学领域:
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 卫生经济学 卫生经济学
- 公共政策 公共政策
背景情况:
- 全球卫生支出不断上升是一个越来越令人担忧的问题.
- 环境退化和技术进步是潜在的影响因素.
- 了解这些关系对于可持续发展的政策制定至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 研究生态足迹子组件和信息和通信技术 (ICT) 对卫生支出的影响.
- 分析不同类型的环境退化 (如碳,森林产品) 对健康成本的具体影响.
- 评估COVID-19大流行对卫生支出的影响.
主要方法:
- 系统概括的时刻方法 (GMM) 估计.
- 分析了25个生态足迹最高的国家 (2000-2021) 的数据.
- 包括COVID-19虚拟变量和ICT使用指标.
主要成果:
- 经济增长和整体生态足迹与卫生支出有积极的相关性.
- 随着COVID-19大流行,医疗保健支出大幅增加.
- 信息通信技术对卫生支出产生了显著的负面影响,而所有环境子组件 (森林产品,碳,渔业,耕地,牧场,建筑用地) 产生了显著的积极影响.
结论:
- 政策制定者应该优先管理环境退化,特别是森林产品和碳足迹,以减轻不断上升的卫生支出.
- 战略性使用ICT可能为降低医疗成本提供了一条途径.
- 由于COVID-19大流行对医疗支出产生了重大影响,因此需要持续监测和准备.
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