Table 1 Data source and variables
From: Health expenditure, governance and SDG3 nexus: a longitudinal analysis in BRICS economies
Variables | Sign | Expected Relationships | Measurement/description | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Good health and Well-being | SDG3 | Â | SDG3 is measured using the overall score of the targets in good health and wellbeing. | SDGI |
Current health expenditure | CHE | Positive | Current health expenditure (% of GDP) | WDI |
Government Health expenditure | DGHE | Positive | Domestic government health expenditure (% of general government expenditure) | WDI |
Private Health Expenditure | DPHE | Positive | Domestic private health expenditure (% of current health expenditure) | WDI |
Governance | GGOV | Positive | Governance is composite measured using six indicators: voice and accountability, political stability and absence of violence/terrorism, government effectiveness, regulatory quality, rule of law, and control of corruption. Principal component analysis (PCA) was used to get the value of GGOV. | [78] |
Unemployment | UNEM | Negative | Unemployment, total (% of the total labour force) | WDI |
Number of Hospital Beds | NHB | Positive | Hospital beds (per 1,000 people) | WDI |
Number of Physicians | NPH | Positive | Physicians (per 1,000 people) | WDI |