Social Policy Expenditures and Life Expectancy in High-Income Countries.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The U.S. spends more than any other country on health care, yet Americans have lower life expectancy than people in most industrialized countries. Recent studies suggest that lower expenditures on social policies in the U.S. may contribute to less-favorable trends in life expectancy. This study tests the hypothesis that greater social spending will be positively associated with life expectancy across the countries of the Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development and that the magnitude of these associations will outweigh those between government healthcare spending and life expectancy.

Methods

In 2016, longitudinal data on six domains of social expenditures for the U.S. and 19 other wealthy nations between 1980 and 2010 were used to estimate the assoc

SUBMITTER: Reynolds MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5739520 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature