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Abstract #150726
Audio (mp3) recordingJosé Aureliano Martin Segura, Departamento de Organización de Empresas., Universidad de Granada., C/. Real 58 (Edificio Granada), Blq. C, 4ºG, Ceuta, 51001, Spain, 956 525545, jmartin1@ugr.es, José Luis Navarro Espigares, PhD, Prof, Mgr, Economic Department, University Hospital Virgen de las Nieves, Avenida de las Fuerzas Armadas 2, Granada, 18014, Spain, Elisa Hernandez Torres, Applied Economy, University of Granada, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales, Campus de Cartuja, s/n, Granada, 18071, Spain, and Pedro González de la Flor, MD, PhD, Preventive Medicine Department, University General Hospital of Jaén, Avda. del Ejército Español, 10, Jaén, 23007, Spain.
From the public health perspective, delinquency, economic growth, and immigration are three explicative factors of both population health and the volume of healthcare expenditure.
This work attempts to quantify the relationship between these variables and the level of healthcare expenditure in Spain. With this aim we have used a panel data econometric model calculated by means of the fixed effects procedure. The model relates healthcare expenditure in the Spanish regions with the variables: gross domestic product, immigration, and delinquency.
Results obtained report an increment in healthcare expenditure of 1.09% for each percentage point of increment in GDP. The relationship between number of immigrants included in the census and healthcare expenditure is statistically positive and significant, although with a low coefficient (0.05). However, the relationship between the healthcare expenditure and the delinquency rate is statistically negative and significant.
Previous results lead us to conclude that during the analyzed period healthcare expenditure was almost inelastic regarding immigration growth, although the number of immigrants was becoming a public health issue. Nevertheless, up to the present, the rate of delinquency does not represent a public health problem in Spain.
Learning Objectives:
- Construct a panel data econometric model calculated by means of the fixed effects procedure.
- Assess the relationship between number of immigrants and healthcare expenditure.
- Asses the relationship between the healthcare expenditure and the delinquency rate.
- Analyze the recent evolution of healthcare expenditure in Spain(1997-2002)
Keywords: Immigration, Economic Analysis
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
Any relevant financial relationships? No
Any institutionally-contracted trials related to this submission?
I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.
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