000151512 001__ 151512 000151512 005__ 20251017144640.0 000151512 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.1007/s00038-014-0574-6 000151512 0248_ $$2sideral$$a87550 000151512 037__ $$aART-2014-87550 000151512 041__ $$aeng 000151512 100__ $$0(orcid)0000-0003-4368-2294$$aAisa Rived, Rosa María$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000151512 245__ $$aThe influence of (public) health expenditure on longevity 000151512 260__ $$c2014 000151512 5060_ $$aAccess copy available to the general public$$fUnrestricted 000151512 5203_ $$aObjectives We report new evidence on the contribution of health expenditure to increasing life expectancy in OECD countries, differentiating the effects of public and private health expenditures. Methods A theoretical model is presented and estimated though a cross-country fixed effects multiple regression analysis for a sample of OECD countries over the period 1980–2000. Results Although the effect of aggregate health expenditure is not conclusive, public health expenditure plays a significant role in enhancing longevity. However, its influence diminishes as the size of the public health sector on GDP expands, reaching a maximum around the 8 %. Conclusions With the influence of public health expenditure being positive, the ambiguous effect of the aggregate expenditure suggests that the weight of public and private health sectors matters, the second having a lower impact on longevity. This might explain the poor evolution of the life expectancy in countries with a high amount of private resources devoted to health. In such cases, an extension of public services could give rise to a better outcome from the overall health investment. 000151512 540__ $$9info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess$$aby$$uhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.es 000151512 590__ $$a2.701$$b2014 000151512 591__ $$aPUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH$$b18 / 146 = 0.123$$c2014$$dQ1$$eT1 000151512 591__ $$aPUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH$$b39 / 164 = 0.238$$c2014$$dQ1$$eT1 000151512 655_4 $$ainfo:eu-repo/semantics/article$$vinfo:eu-repo/semantics/submittedVersion 000151512 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0001-6907-8090$$aClemente, Jesús$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000151512 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-9410-3531$$aPueyo Baldellou, Fernando$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000151512 7102_ $$14000$$2415$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Análisis Económico$$cÁrea Fund. Análisis Económico 000151512 773__ $$g59 (2014), 867-875$$pInt. j. public health$$tInternational Journal of Public Health$$x1661-8556 000151512 8564_ $$s506664$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/151512/files/texto_completo.pdf$$yPreprint 000151512 8564_ $$s975295$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/151512/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon$$xicon$$yPreprint 000151512 909CO $$ooai:zaguan.unizar.es:151512$$particulos$$pdriver 000151512 951__ $$a2025-10-17-14:31:35 000151512 980__ $$aARTICLE