151512 20251017144640.0 doi 10.1007/s00038-014-0574-6 sideral 87550 ART-2014-87550 eng Aisa Rived, Rosa María Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0003-4368-2294 The influence of (public) health expenditure on longevity 2014 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted Objectives 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. info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.es 2.701 2014 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH 18 / 146 = 0.123 2014 Q1 T1 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH 39 / 164 = 0.238 2014 Q1 T1 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/submittedVersion Clemente, Jesús Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0001-6907-8090 Pueyo Baldellou, Fernando Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-9410-3531 4000 415 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Análisis Económico Área Fund. Análisis Económico 59 (2014), 867-875 Int. j. public health International Journal of Public Health 1661-8556 506664 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/151512/files/texto_completo.pdf Preprint 975295 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/151512/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Preprint oai:zaguan.unizar.es:151512 articulos driver 2025-10-17-14:31:35 ARTICLE