The convergence of health system resources and health outcome in Central Europe and the Baltic region
Health system resources have increased comparatively higher in Central Europe and the Baltic region relative to the Euro Area and the OECD countries. This study investigates the tendency for health system resources and health outcomes to converge for the countries of Central Europe and the Baltic re...
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| description | Health system resources have increased comparatively higher in Central Europe and the Baltic region relative to the Euro Area and the OECD countries. This study investigates the tendency for health system resources and health outcomes to converge for the countries of Central Europe and the Baltic region from 2000 to 2019. The existence of convergence is tested using the β coefficient within and across the 11 countries studied. The panel result favors the existence of convergence in the three variables employed as health system resources – physician density, nurses’ density, and per capita current health expenditure. Similarly, the findings support the presence of convergence in all four variables used as health outcomes – life expectancy at birth (total), crude death per 1000 population, NCDs mortality, and infant mortality. Furthermore, at the country level, the results are heterogeneous. Evidence highlights that only three variables employed as health system resources converged in Iceland, Latvia, Norway, and Sweden. The results favor the convergence in all four variables employed as health outcomes in Poland and Russia. However, the exact opposite holds for the convergence of health outcomes in Denmark. Therefore, this calls for the need to implement sound reforms in the health systems that could translate increased health system resources into improved health outcomes. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-80632eeb30394de19283276166ee08732025-02-07T05:54:42ZengTaylor & Francis GroupCogent Economics & Finance2332-20392025-12-0113110.1080/23322039.2025.2460065The convergence of health system resources and health outcome in Central Europe and the Baltic regionShailender Singh0Chitra Krishnan1Nishant Kumar2Supriya Lamba Sahdev3Symbiosis Law School, Noida, Symbiosis International Deemed University, Pune, IndiaSymbiosis Centre for Management Studies, Noida, Symbiosis International Deemed University, Pune, IndiaSchool of Business and Management, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore, IndiaAlliance School of Business, Alliance University, Bangalore, IndiaHealth system resources have increased comparatively higher in Central Europe and the Baltic region relative to the Euro Area and the OECD countries. This study investigates the tendency for health system resources and health outcomes to converge for the countries of Central Europe and the Baltic region from 2000 to 2019. The existence of convergence is tested using the β coefficient within and across the 11 countries studied. The panel result favors the existence of convergence in the three variables employed as health system resources – physician density, nurses’ density, and per capita current health expenditure. Similarly, the findings support the presence of convergence in all four variables used as health outcomes – life expectancy at birth (total), crude death per 1000 population, NCDs mortality, and infant mortality. Furthermore, at the country level, the results are heterogeneous. Evidence highlights that only three variables employed as health system resources converged in Iceland, Latvia, Norway, and Sweden. The results favor the convergence in all four variables employed as health outcomes in Poland and Russia. However, the exact opposite holds for the convergence of health outcomes in Denmark. Therefore, this calls for the need to implement sound reforms in the health systems that could translate increased health system resources into improved health outcomes.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23322039.2025.2460065Baltic regionhealth system resourceshealth outcomesconvergencehealth expenditureEconomics |
| spellingShingle | Shailender Singh Chitra Krishnan Nishant Kumar Supriya Lamba Sahdev The convergence of health system resources and health outcome in Central Europe and the Baltic region Cogent Economics & Finance Baltic region health system resources health outcomes convergence health expenditure Economics |
| title | The convergence of health system resources and health outcome in Central Europe and the Baltic region |
| title_full | The convergence of health system resources and health outcome in Central Europe and the Baltic region |
| title_fullStr | The convergence of health system resources and health outcome in Central Europe and the Baltic region |
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| title_short | The convergence of health system resources and health outcome in Central Europe and the Baltic region |
| title_sort | convergence of health system resources and health outcome in central europe and the baltic region |
| topic | Baltic region health system resources health outcomes convergence health expenditure Economics |
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