Association of Health and Social Spending With Health Outcomes in OECD Countries.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To examine the associations of health and social spending with health outcomes, including Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALY), Years of Life Lost (YLL), Years Lived with Disability (YLD), death, and life expectancy at birth among Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) member countries from 2000 to 2019.

Study setting and design

We conducted a retrospective longitudinal study.

Data sources and analytical sample

Our sample included 36 OECD member countries as of 2019 using data from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021, the OECD, and the World Bank.

Principal findings

Fixed-effect analysis revealed significant associations of health and social spending with health outcomes, but the patterns varied. Specifically, a one-percent

SUBMITTER: Park S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12636253 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature