The Effect of Public Healthcare Expenditure on the Reduction in Mortality Rates Caused by Unhealthy Habits among the Population

The health systems of developed countries aim to reduce the mortality rates of their populations. To this end, they must fight against the unhealthy habits of citizens, such as smoking, excessive alcohol consumption, and sedentarism, since these result in a large number of deaths each year. Our rese...

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Published in:Healthcare (Basel) 2022-11, Vol.10 (11), p.2253
Main Authors: Santos-Jaén, José Manuel, León-Gómez, Ana, Valls Martínez, María Del Carmen, Gimeno-Arias, Fernando
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alcohol
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Disease prevention
Economic aspects
Exercise
Expenditures, Public
Habit
Health aspects
Health care expenditures
Health risk assessment
Health risks
Health services
Life expectancy
Maternal & child health
Medical care, Cost of
Medical research
Medicine, Experimental
Mortality
Pandemics
Physical fitness
Population
Preventive medicine
Public health
Smoking
Structural equation modeling
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Summary:The health systems of developed countries aim to reduce the mortality rates of their populations. To this end, they must fight against the unhealthy habits of citizens, such as smoking, excessive alcohol consumption, and sedentarism, since these result in a large number of deaths each year. Our research aims to analyze whether an increase in health resources influences the number of deaths caused by the unhealthy habits of the population. To achieve this objective, a sample containing key indicators of the Spanish health system was analyzed using the partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) method. The results show how increasing public health spending and, thus, the resources allocated to healthcare can curb the adverse effects of the population's unhealthy habits. These results have important implications for theory and practice, demonstrating the need for adequate investment in the healthcare system to reduce mortality among the population.
ISSN:2227-9032
2227-9032
DOI:10.3390/healthcare10112253