Quality Management Department, Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, China.
School of Statistics and Mathematics, Shandong University of Finance and Economics, Jinan, China.
Front Public Health. 2023 Aug 10;11:1250600. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1250600. eCollection 2023.
In the context of implementing the strategy of "double carbon" and "healthy China," this paper firstly measures the level of green finance development and the comprehensive index of health care accessibility in each province by using the entropy weight method based on 30 provincial panel data from 2007 to 2021. A panel fixed effects model was also used to empirically analyze the effect of regional green finance development on the improvement of residents' health. In addition, a panel threshold model was constructed to empirically test the threshold effect of green finance on residents' health under the influence of four external environments: carbon intensity level, healthcare accessibility, residents' living standard and human capital level. The empirical results show that the regional green financial development in China significantly improves the health level of residents. And the impact has significant regional heterogeneity, as shown in the improvement effect is more significant for the provinces in the central and western regions. In addition, the impact of green financial development on the health level of residents in China is non-linearly influenced by external environmental factors. The improvement effect of green finance on residents' health level is more significant in the provinces with higher carbon intensity level, residents' living standard, human capital level and lower accessibility to medical services. In this regard, regional governments should continue to build and optimize a synergistic development ecosystem of green finance and public health, give full play to the advantages of financial leverage, promote green, low-carbon and high-quality economic and social development, and realize the beautiful vision of harmonious coexistence between human beings and nature.
在实施“双碳”战略和“健康中国”的背景下,本文利用基于 2007-2021 年 30 个省级面板数据的熵权法,首先测算了各省份绿色金融发展水平和医疗卫生可及性综合指数。并采用面板固定效应模型实证分析了区域绿色金融发展对居民健康水平提升的影响。此外,构建面板门槛模型实证检验了绿色金融在碳强度水平、医疗卫生可及性、居民生活水平和人力资本水平等四个外部环境影响下对居民健康的门槛效应。实证结果表明,中国区域绿色金融发展显著提升了居民健康水平,且这种影响具有显著的区域异质性,表现为对中西部地区省份的提升效果更为显著。此外,绿色金融发展对中国居民健康水平的影响受到外部环境因素的非线性影响,在碳强度水平较高、居民生活水平较高、人力资本水平较高、医疗卫生可及性较低的省份,绿色金融对居民健康水平的提升效果更为显著。因此,地方政府应持续构建和优化绿色金融与公共卫生协同发展的生态系统,充分发挥金融杠杆优势,促进绿色、低碳和高质量经济社会发展,实现人与自然和谐共生的美好愿景。