Moscone Francesco, Knapp Martin, Tosetti Elisa
PSSRU, LSE Health and Social Care, London School of Economics, United Kingdom.
J Health Econ. 2007 Jul 1;26(4):842-64. doi: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2006.12.008. Epub 2007 Jan 12.
We empirically investigate the determinants of local authority mental health expenditure in England. We adopt a reduced form demand and supply model, extended to incorporate possible interaction among authorities, as well as unobserved heterogeneity. The model is estimated using an annual panel dataset that allows us to explore both time-series and cross-municipality variation in mental health expenditure. Results are consistent with some degree of interdependence between neighbouring municipalities in spending decisions. This first attempt to apply spatial panels in investigating health expenditure offers insights and raises new questions.
我们对英国地方政府心理健康支出的决定因素进行了实证研究。我们采用了一种简化形式的需求和供给模型，并进行了扩展，以纳入各政府部门之间可能的相互作用以及未观察到的异质性。该模型使用年度面板数据集进行估计，这使我们能够探索心理健康支出的时间序列和跨市变化。结果表明，相邻市在支出决策上存在一定程度的相互依存关系。这首次尝试运用空间面板来研究卫生支出，既提供了见解，也提出了新问题。
