Table 7.
One-step results of health production and inefficiency component.
| Variables | Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health production function | |||
| Health spending | 0.0625*** | 0.0630*** | 0.0639*** |
| (0.00405) | (0.00404) | (0.00390) | |
| Health spending squared | −0.00521*** | −0.00530*** | −0.00526*** |
| (0.000396) | (0.000396) | (0.000391) | |
| Employment | 0.0254*** | 0.0260*** | 0.0275*** |
| (0.00235) | (0.00229) | (0.00225) | |
| Education | 0.0209*** | 0.0205*** | 0.0195*** |
| (0.00176) | (0.00179) | (0.00175) | |
| Share of population aged 65+ | 0.0163*** | 0.0176*** | 0.0160*** |
| (0.00208) | (0.00213) | (0.00223) | |
| Constant | 6.596*** | 6.591*** | 6.579*** |
| (0.0159) | (0.0154) | (0.0145) | |
| Inefficiency function | |||
| SHI (Reference: No SHI) | −0.0354*** | −0.0547*** | −0.0493*** |
| (0.00831) | (0.0134) | (0.0088) | |
| External (Reference: Private) | −0.169* | −0.279*** | −0.3554 |
| (0.0864) | (0.104) | (0.2346) | |
| Mixed (Reference: Private) | −0.0875*** | −0.190*** | −0.2043*** |
| (0.0261) | (0.0538) | (0.0783) | |
| Public (Reference: Private) | 0.0102 | −0.00517 | −0.0228 |
| (0.00742) | (0.0123) | (0.0886) | |
| Compulsory health financing | −0.0299*** | ||
| (0.00612) | |||
| Government health spending | −0.00822** | ||
| (0.00360) | |||
| Out-of-pocket health spending | 0.0104** | ||
| (0.00405) | |||
| Constant | 0.117*** | 0.0248** | −0.0396** |
| (0.0168) | (0.0119) | (0.0186) | |
| Model parameters | |||
| Sigma u () | 0.028*** | 0.038*** | 0.133** |
| (0.0031) | (0.0046) | (0.0662) | |
| Sigma v () | 0.009*** | 0.009*** | 0.010*** |
| (0.0006) | (0.0005) | (0.0005) | |
| Lambda () |
3.238*** | 4.159*** | 13.704*** |
| (0.0031) |
(0.0047) |
(0.0663) |
|
| Observations | 910 | 910 | 910 |
| Number of countries | 46 | 46 | 46 |
| Log-likelihood | 2569.76 | 2550.73 | 2541.52 |
| Wald chi2 | 1584.75 | 1494.14 | 1748.80 |
| 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | |
Robust standard errors in parentheses; **p < 0.01, **p < 0.05, *p < 0.1; SHI: Social Health Insurance.