The impact of healthcare industry convergence on the performance of the public health system: a geospatial modeling study of provincial panel data from China.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This paper examines the impact of healthcare industry convergence on the performance of the public health system in the eastern, central, and western regions of China.

Methods

Public health performance was measured by a composite index of three standards: average life expectancy at birth, perinatal mortality, and maternal mortality. The healthcare industry convergence was measured using a coupling coordination degree method. The spatial lag, spatial error, and spatial Durbin models were used to estimate the effect of healthcare industry convergence on public health system performance and this effect's spatial dependence and heterogeneity across eastern, central, and western China using panel data from 30 Chinese provinces from 2002 to 2019.

Results

The conve

SUBMITTER: Li W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10520712 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature