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Socioeconomic Determinants of Universal Health Coverage in the Asian Region
The World Health Organization (WHO) states that examining medical financial systems is the most important process in evaluating universal health coverage (UHC). This study used the service coverage index (SCI) as a proxy of the progress toward UHC in eleven Asian countries. We employed a fixed-effec...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8872323/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35206562 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19042376 |
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description | The World Health Organization (WHO) states that examining medical financial systems is the most important process in evaluating universal health coverage (UHC). This study used the service coverage index (SCI) as a proxy of the progress toward UHC in eleven Asian countries. We employed a fixed-effects regression model to analyze panel data from 2015 to 2017, to explain the interrelationship between the SCI and major socioeconomic indicators. We also conducted a performance analysis (ratio of achieved SCI level to gross domestic product (GDP) or health expenditure displacement) to examine the balance between the degree of achievements related to UHC and a country’s economic level. The results showed that GDP and health expenditure were significantly positively correlated with the SCI (p < 0.01). The panel data analysis results showed that GDP per capita was a factor that greatly influenced the SCI as well as poverty (partial regression coefficient: 0.0017, 95% CI: 0.0013–0.0021). The results of the performance analysis showed that the Philippines had the highest scores (GDP: 1.84 SCI score/USD per capita, health expenditure: 1.04 SCI score/USD per capita) and South Korea the lowest. We conclude that socioeconomic factors, such as GDP, health expenditure, unemployment, poverty, and population influence the progress of UHC, regardless of system maturity or geographic characteristics. |
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spelling | pubmed-88723232022-02-25 Socioeconomic Determinants of Universal Health Coverage in the Asian Region Takura, Tomoyuki Miura, Hiroko Int J Environ Res Public Health Article The World Health Organization (WHO) states that examining medical financial systems is the most important process in evaluating universal health coverage (UHC). This study used the service coverage index (SCI) as a proxy of the progress toward UHC in eleven Asian countries. We employed a fixed-effects regression model to analyze panel data from 2015 to 2017, to explain the interrelationship between the SCI and major socioeconomic indicators. We also conducted a performance analysis (ratio of achieved SCI level to gross domestic product (GDP) or health expenditure displacement) to examine the balance between the degree of achievements related to UHC and a country’s economic level. The results showed that GDP and health expenditure were significantly positively correlated with the SCI (p < 0.01). The panel data analysis results showed that GDP per capita was a factor that greatly influenced the SCI as well as poverty (partial regression coefficient: 0.0017, 95% CI: 0.0013–0.0021). The results of the performance analysis showed that the Philippines had the highest scores (GDP: 1.84 SCI score/USD per capita, health expenditure: 1.04 SCI score/USD per capita) and South Korea the lowest. We conclude that socioeconomic factors, such as GDP, health expenditure, unemployment, poverty, and population influence the progress of UHC, regardless of system maturity or geographic characteristics. MDPI 2022-02-18 /pmc/articles/PMC8872323/ /pubmed/35206562 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19042376 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Takura, Tomoyuki Miura, Hiroko Socioeconomic Determinants of Universal Health Coverage in the Asian Region |
title | Socioeconomic Determinants of Universal Health Coverage in the Asian Region |
title_full | Socioeconomic Determinants of Universal Health Coverage in the Asian Region |
title_fullStr | Socioeconomic Determinants of Universal Health Coverage in the Asian Region |
title_full_unstemmed | Socioeconomic Determinants of Universal Health Coverage in the Asian Region |
title_short | Socioeconomic Determinants of Universal Health Coverage in the Asian Region |
title_sort | socioeconomic determinants of universal health coverage in the asian region |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8872323/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35206562 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19042376 |
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