| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立成功大學 === 經濟學系碩博士班 === 100 === This study examines the determinants of the growth of Chinese provincial government health expenditure by updating the panel data of 31 provinces in China. This study uses six levels of variables to examine the impact to the growth of health expenditure, including income factor, medical supply side factor, government deficit, insurance system, population structure, standards of medical care. In addition, this study employs fixed-effect model and random-effect model to control the growth of health expenditure caused by the differences in each province.
Empirically, this study first explores the determinants of the growth of government health expenditure from 2002 to 2010, then analyzes the impact on the growth of government health expenditure caused by the insurance system from 2007 to 2010. The finding show that：（1）Income factor is an important determinant and it corresponds to the conclusion of the literature.（2）A rise in participation rate of insurance and the increase in population induce the demand for medical care.（3）The impact on government health expenditure caused by old-age dependency ratio is not as significant as expected.（4）There is a positive relationship between government deficit and health expenditure, indicating that the increase in the deficit does not decrease the government health care expenditure.（5）The decrease in mortality and the improvement of the medical supply side rely on government's efforts, and therefore, they significantly affect government health expenditure.
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