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題名 Re-estimating the Demographic Impact on Health Care Expenditure: Evidence from Taiwan
作者 許永明
Shiu, Yung-Ming;Chiu, Mei-Ching
貢獻者 風管系
日期 2008-10
上傳時間 22-Jan-2015 16:12:58 (UTC+8)
摘要 Unlike prior studies, we consider not only population ageing but also life expectancy as demographic variables that may explain the variations in health care expenditure. Cointegration techniques are employed to re-examine the effect of demographic changes on the Taiwan health care expenditure from 1960 to 2006. We find that the Taiwan health care expenditure, income, population ageing, life expectancy and the number of practicing physicians have statistically significant and long-run economic relationships. All variables have a positive impact on health care expenditure besides life expenditure. Our empirical results support the compression of morbidity hypothesis, suggesting that older people become healthier than in the past and that health care expenditure would decrease with life expectancy. Several implications for policymaking and future research are offered.
關聯 Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance- Issues and Practice,33(4),728-743.
資料類型 article
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/gpp.2008.26
dc.contributor 風管系
dc.creator (作者) 許永明zh_TW
dc.creator (作者) Shiu, Yung-Ming;Chiu, Mei-Ching
dc.date (日期) 2008-10
dc.date.accessioned 22-Jan-2015 16:12:58 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.available 22-Jan-2015 16:12:58 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.issued (上傳時間) 22-Jan-2015 16:12:58 (UTC+8)-
dc.identifier.uri (URI) http://nccur.lib.nccu.edu.tw/handle/140.119/73110-
dc.description.abstract (摘要) Unlike prior studies, we consider not only population ageing but also life expectancy as demographic variables that may explain the variations in health care expenditure. Cointegration techniques are employed to re-examine the effect of demographic changes on the Taiwan health care expenditure from 1960 to 2006. We find that the Taiwan health care expenditure, income, population ageing, life expectancy and the number of practicing physicians have statistically significant and long-run economic relationships. All variables have a positive impact on health care expenditure besides life expenditure. Our empirical results support the compression of morbidity hypothesis, suggesting that older people become healthier than in the past and that health care expenditure would decrease with life expectancy. Several implications for policymaking and future research are offered.
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dc.relation (關聯) Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance- Issues and Practice,33(4),728-743.
dc.title (題名) Re-estimating the Demographic Impact on Health Care Expenditure: Evidence from Taiwan
dc.type (資料類型) articleen
dc.identifier.doi (DOI) 10.1057/gpp.2008.26en_US
dc.doi.uri (DOI) http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/gpp.2008.26 en_US