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PUBLIC HEALTH EXPENDITURE, GOVERNANCE AND HEALTH OUTCOMES IN MALAYSIA

Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia

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Title PUBLIC HEALTH EXPENDITURE, GOVERNANCE AND HEALTH OUTCOMES IN MALAYSIA
 
Creator Ahmad, Riayati
Hasan, Junaidah
 
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Description Abstract Although the study on the issue of government spending and governance has been examined extensively in the previous studies, less attention has so far been given to examining the impact of government expenditure and corruption on health outcomes using time series data particularly in developing countries. This paper studies the impact of public health expenditure and governance on health outcomes in Malaysia. We use an Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) cointegration framework for case study in Malaysia for the period start from 1984 to 2009. The results based on the bounds testing procedure show that a stable, long-run relationship exists between health outcomes and its determinants namely income level, public health expenditure, corruption and government stability. Our results also reveal that public health expenditure and corruption effect on long- and short run health outcomes in Malaysia.  This finding is important to the policy makers in making decision to allocate the appropriate spending to improve for the better life of people. At the same time, an attention should be given to reduce or to eliminate the corruption rate in the country as its bad effect to the country and the people as well. Key Words: Public Health Expenditure, Corruption, Health   Abstrak Walaupun isu perbelanjaan kerajaan dan urus tadbir telah dikaji dalam kajian-kajian sebelum ini, namun perhatian masih kurang diberikan untuk mengkaji kesan perbelanjaan kerajaan dan rasuah ke atas hasil kesihatan terutama kajian di negara-negara membangun dengan menggunakan data siri masa. Kertas kerja ini mengkaji kesan perbelanjaan kesihatan awam dan urus tadbir ke atas hasil kesihatan di Malaysia. Kami menggunakan rangka kerja Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) cointegration bagi kajian kes di Malaysia dari tahun 1984 hingga 2009. Keputusan daripada prosedur ujian sempadan menunjukkan wujudnya hubungan jangka panjang yang stabil antara hasil kesihatan dan penentu-penentunya iaitu tingkat pendapatan, perbelanjaan kesihatan awam, rasuah dan kestabilan kerajaan. Keputusan juga menunjukkan bahawa perbelanjaan kesihatan awam dan rasuah memepunyai kesan jangka panjang dan jangka pendek ke atas hasil kesihatan di Malaysia. Penemuan ini penting kepada pembuat dasar dalam menentukan peruntukan yang sesuai bagi mengingkatkan kehidupan orang ramai. Pada masa yang sama, perhatian perlu juga diberi untuk mengurangkan atau menghapuskan kadar rasuah di dalam negara kerana kesan buruknya kepada negara dan orang ramai. Kata Kunci: Perbelanjaan Kesihatan Awam, Rasuah, Kesihatan
 
Publisher Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
 
Contributor Geran GGPM-2013-008, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
 
Date 2016-06-01
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://ejournal.ukm.my/jem/article/view/9441
 
Source Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia; Vol 50, No 1 (2016): Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia; 29-40
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Language eng
 
Relation http://ejournal.ukm.my/jem/article/view/9441/4741