Peña-Sánchez Antonio Rafael, Ruiz-Chico José, Jiménez-García Mercedes
Department of General Economy and INDESS, University of Cádiz, 11405 Jerez de la Frontera, Spain.
Healthcare (Basel). 2021 Mar 20;9(3):353. doi: 10.3390/healthcare9030353.
In recent years, healthcare has become a fundamental pillar of the level of well-being of any society. With the aim of improving the lives of countries and societies, in 2015 the United Nations (UN) approved the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Among the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set out in the Agenda are health and well-being (O3) and the reduction of inequalities (O10). The general objective of this paper is to analyse the impact that the level of socioeconomic development, as well as the evolution of inequalities, have had on public spending on health in European Union countries. The research methodology is based on the application of a regression model and statistical techniques such as sigma convergence, beta convergence and the Gini index. We can see that the levels of public spending on health per capita, the level of socio-economic development and the degree of inequality are closely related in these countries. For this reason, we suggest maintaining sustainable economic growth to reduce the economic disparities between EU countries, and also the current differences in public spending on health per capita.
近年来，医疗保健已成为任何社会福祉水平的基本支柱。为了改善各国和社会的生活，2015年联合国（UN）批准了《2030年可持续发展议程》。该议程设定的可持续发展目标（SDGs）包括健康与福祉（目标3）以及减少不平等（目标10）。本文的总体目标是分析社会经济发展水平以及不平等的演变对欧盟国家公共卫生支出的影响。研究方法基于回归模型的应用以及诸如西格玛收敛、贝塔收敛和基尼指数等统计技术。我们可以看到，这些国家的人均公共卫生支出水平、社会经济发展水平和不平等程度密切相关。因此，我们建议保持可持续经济增长，以减少欧盟国家之间的经济差距，以及目前人均公共卫生支出的差异。
