| DC Field | Value | Language |
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| dc.contributor.author | GIRMA, SISAY | - |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-10-27T06:19:26Z | - |
| dc.date.available | 2022-10-27T06:19:26Z | - |
| dc.date.issued | 2022-07 | - |
| dc.identifier.uri | . | - |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/7320 | - |
| dc.description.abstract | Poorhealth outcomes(low life expectancyand high mortality)in developing
countrieshavealwaysbeenaconcernforbothcitizensandpolicymakers.Although
many studies have focused on the economic drivers ofhealth outcomes in
developingcountries,thisisnotthecaseforimportantsocioeconomicdeterminants.
Therefore,thisstudyinvestigatedtheeffectsofGDP,generalgovernmenthealth
expenditure,politicalstability,andpercentageofurbanpopulation,unemployment
rate,andcorruptioncontrolonhealthoutcomesinsub-SaharaAfrican(SSA)region.
Toachievethis,thestudyexploredFixedandRandom Effectsaswellasdynamic
panelmodelcovering38countriesintheregionfrom 2000to2017.Thefindings
revealthatpopulationhealthoutcomes-asmeasuredbyinfantandmaternal
mortalitiesratesarerelatednegativelywithGDP,politicalstability,percentageof
urban population, and corruption control, but directly associated with
unemploymentrate.Forlifeexpectancyatbirth,increaseGDP,politicalstability,
percentageofurban population,and corruption arepositivelypredicted,while
relatedinverselywithhigherunemploymentrate.Thefindingsthereforesuggest
thatforSSAcountriestoachievebetterhealthoutcomes(highlongevityandlow
mortalities)shouldemphasisonincreasingGDP,andinvestingonpoliticalstability
andcorruptioncontrol.Again,greaterattentionshouldbeonenhancingurbanization
andreducingunemplo | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | ST. MARY’S UNIVERSITY | en_US |
| dc.subject | :Healthoutcomes,Panel,DataEstimation,sub-SaharanAfrica | en_US |
| dc.title | DETERMINANTSOFHEALTHSERVICEOUTCOMESINSUBSAHARAN: USINGPANELDATA | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
| Appears in Collections: | Development Economics
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