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The convergence of health system resources and health outcome in Central Europe and the Baltic region

Title
The convergence of health system resources and health outcome in Central Europe and the Baltic region
Creator
Singh, Shailender; Krishnan, Chitra; Kumar, Nishant; Sahdev, Supriya Lamba
Description
Health system resources have increased comparatively higher in Central Europe and the Baltic region relative to the Euro Area and the OECD countries. This study investigates the tendency for health system resources and health outcomes to converge for the countries of Central Europe and the Baltic region from 2000 to 2019. The existence of convergence is tested using the ? coefficient within and across the 11 countries studied. The panel result favors the existence of convergence in the three variables employed as health system resourcesphysician density, nurses density, and per capita current health expenditure. Similarly, the findings support the presence of convergence in all four variables used as health outcomeslife expectancy at birth (total), crude death per 1000 population, NCDs mortality, and infant mortality. Furthermore, at the country level, the results are heterogeneous. Evidence highlights that only three variables employed as health system resources converged in Iceland, Latvia, Norway, and Sweden. The results favor the convergence in all four variables employed as health outcomes in Poland and Russia. However, the exact opposite holds for the convergence of health outcomes in Denmark. Therefore, this calls for the need to implement sound reforms in the health systems that could translate increased health system resources into improved health outcomes. 2025 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
Source
Cogent Economics and Finance;Volume;13;Issue;1;Article No.;2460065;
Date
01-01-2025
Publisher
Cogent OA
Subject
Baltic region; Business, Management and Accounting; convergence; Economics; Finance; health expenditure; health outcomes; health system resources
Coverage
Singh S., Symbiosis Law School, Noida, Symbiosis International Deemed University, Pune, India; Krishnan C., Symbiosis Centre for Management Studies, Noida, Symbiosis International Deemed University, Pune, India; Kumar N., School of Business and Management, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore, India; Sahdev S.L., Alliance School of Business, Alliance University, Bangalore, India
Rights
All Open Access; Gold Open Access; Green Open Access
Relation
ISSN: 23322039;
Format
online
Language
English
Type
Article

Citation

Singh, Shailender; Krishnan, Chitra; Kumar, Nishant; Sahdev, Supriya Lamba, “The convergence of health system resources and health outcome in Central Europe and the Baltic region,” CHRIST (Deemed To Be University) Institutional Repository, accessed June 19, 2026, https://archives.christuniversity.in/items/show/22786.

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