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Socioeconomic, institutional, environmental, and demographic determinants of population health in 90 developing countries: panel data evidence.
| Τίτλος: | Socioeconomic, institutional, environmental, and demographic determinants of population health in 90 developing countries: panel data evidence. |
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| Συγγραφείς: | Ahmed TT; Department of Economics, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali, Bangladesh., Kibria MG; Department of Economics, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali, Bangladesh., Ridwan M; Department of Economics, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali, Bangladesh.; Department of Economics and Banking, International Islamic University Chittagong, Chittagong, Bangladesh.; ARUCAD Research Centre, Arkin University of Creative Arts and Design, Nothern Cyprus, Türkiye., Ko J; Center for Comparative and International Studies, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.; Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Erasmus Rotterdam University, Rotterdam, Netherlands., Leung CK; Global Society and Sustainability Lab, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China., Jaheer Mukthar KP; Department of Economics, Kristu Jayanti (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru, India., Kelly AM; Statistic and Population Studies Department, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa.; Center for Studies and Research in Economics and Management (CERME), University of Dschang, Dschang, Cameroon., Hossain MA; Department of Economics, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali, Bangladesh., Guo C; Collaborating Centre for Oxford University and CUHK for Disaster and Medical Humanitarian Response (CCOUC), The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China., Ming WK; Department of Infectious Diseases and Public Health, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China. |
| Πηγή: | Frontiers in public health [Front Public Health] 2026 Sep 18; Vol. 14, pp. 1838213. Date of Electronic Publication: 2026 Sep 18 (Print Publication: 2026). |
| Τύπος έκδοσης: | Journal Article |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
| Στοιχεία περιοδικού: | Publisher: Frontiers Editorial Office Country of Publication: Switzerland NLM ID: 101616579 Publication Model: eCollection Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 2296-2565 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 22962565 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Front Public Health Subsets: MEDLINE |
| Imprint Name(s): | Original Publication: Lausanne : Frontiers Editorial Office |
| Ιατρικοί όροι (MeSH): | Developing Countries*/statistics & numerical data , Population Health*/statistics & numerical data, Infant Mortality/trends ; Humans ; Life Expectancy ; Socioeconomic Factors ; Female ; Maternal Mortality ; Infant ; Socioeconomic Disparities in Health ; Demography |
| Περίληψη: | Anchored in Grossman's health production framework, this study examines how socioeconomic, institutional, environmental, and demographic conditions are associated with population health in developing countries. Population health is measured through three complementary indicators-life expectancy, infant mortality, and maternal mortality-to capture broader survival conditions, early-life vulnerability, and maternal health risks. Using panel data for 90 developing countries from 2002 to 2018, the study estimates country fixed-effects models and uses Driscoll-Kraay standard errors to strengthen inference in the presence of heteroskedasticity, autocorrelation, and cross-sectional dependence. Additional robustness checks are conducted using Panel-Corrected Standard Errors, Feasible Generalized Least Squares, and winsorized specifications. The results show that human capital, government effectiveness, and population density are consistently associated with higher life expectancy and lower infant and maternal mortality, and that these coefficient signs remain stable across robustness checks. Economic misery is associated with lower life expectancy and higher mortality in the baseline models, although its significance weakens in some sensitivity tests. Government health expenditure and educational attainment are generally associated with more favorable health outcomes, but their estimates are less stable after winsorization. Ecological footprint yields mixed associations across the three health indicators, while political stability produces unstable and, in some cases, counterintuitive coefficients. Overall, the findings suggest that population health in developing countries is associated more consistently with human capability and institutional effectiveness than with health expenditure alone. (Copyright © 2026 Ahmed, Kibria, Ridwan, Ko, Leung, Jaheer Mukthar, Kelly, Hossain, Guo and Ming.) |
| Competing Interests: | The author(s) declared that this work was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. |
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| Contributed Indexing: | Keywords: ecological footprint; economic misery; human capital; infant mortality; institutional quality; life expectancy; maternal mortality; population health |
| Entry Date(s): | Date Created: 20261003 Date Completed: 20261003 Latest Revision: 20261004 |
| Update Code: | 20261004 |
| PubMed Central ID: | PMC13630590 |
| DOI: | 10.3389/fpubh.2026.1838213 |
| PMID: | 42827454 |
| Βάση Δεδομένων: | MEDLINE |
| ISSN: | 2296-2565 |
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| DOI: | 10.3389/fpubh.2026.1838213 |