Female and male treatable mortality: socioeconomic and public finance related factors across European countries

About 36.5% of premature deaths in European Union countries could have been avoided through prompt and effective medical treatment. This treatable mortality is even a priority established in Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) target 3.4. Given the gap in the literature about the socioeconomic driver...

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Published in:Frontiers in public health Vol. 12; p. 1477402
Main Author: Tavares, Aida Isabel
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Switzerland Frontiers Media S.A 2024
Subjects:
Adult
Europe
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Mortality - trends
public finance
quantile regression
Sex Factors
Socioeconomic Factors
treatable mortality
Europe
quantile regression
socioeconomic factors
public finance
Europe
treatable mortality
ISSN:2296-2565, 2296-2565
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Summary:About 36.5% of premature deaths in European Union countries could have been avoided through prompt and effective medical treatment. This treatable mortality is even a priority established in Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) target 3.4. Given the gap in the literature about the socioeconomic drivers of this type of mortality, as well as the increasing importance of public financial management in defining priority policies, this study aims to analyze the socioeconomic and public finance drivers associated with treatable mortality for women and men across European countries. Eurostat data is collected for 31 countries for the period 2011-2019 stratified by sex. Panel data quantile regression with fixed effects and conditional mean panel data model using feasible generalized least squares are estimated to explain treatable mortality in women and men. Key findings point to a positive association between the public finance indicator proxying health priority and the treatable mortality rate for both sexes; a difference between drivers of treatable mortality between men and women; and a different set of drivers across the different quantiles of treatable mortality. Drivers of male and female treatable mortality may differ according to the country's level of mortality rate. Government health priority seems to account for previous treatable mortality rates as a reactive measure. Policymakers aiming to reduce treatable mortality are likely to use instruments such as health expenditure, improved employment, education levels, and perhaps proactive policy-setting priorities concerning health.
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ISSN:2296-2565
2296-2565
DOI:10.3389/fpubh.2024.1477402