Relationship between mortality and health care expenditure: Sustainable assessment of health care system.

ABSTRACT: Infant and maternal mortality are important indicators for assessing the quality of healthcare systems. The World Health Organization underscores the importance of proper health care system in reducing preventable mortality through early intervention. Early intervention includes availability, accessibility and affordability of health care systems for children and mothers. While there are several studies that assess the immediate and underlying drivers of child mortality, literature on the role of policy measures are limited and inconsistent. Thus, robust empirical analysis of the determinants of maternal and infant mortality remains inconclusive in the era of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). Here, we examined the influence of health expenditure on infant and maternal deat

SUBMITTER: Owusu PA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7904168 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature