中国医疗卫生行业发展现状分析-iaos.docVIP

Regional Differences of Government Investment in the Health Care Industry and Economic Growth—Based on the Economic Census Data Jiangping Tian Cheng-shi Shang Hong-yun (Dept.of statistics,Dongbei University of FinanceEconomics,Dalian 116025,China) Abstract:The health care industry is one of the most important parts of the third-industry, which development is of great significance for the public health and economic growth.The data support for description of the relationships between health care industry and regional economic growth was provided by Economic Census of 2004. Firstly, this paper explains the characteristics of regional government investment in the health care industry in China.The author reaches the conclusion that there is great difference of regional government investment, the health care industry of middle and western region is mainly depended on government investment and government investment accounts for the inequality of health services. Then, this paper empirical researches the contribution of government investment in the health care industry to regional economic growth applying health production function. The conclusion is that investment in the health care industry has a significant and positive effect on regional economic growth, and the contribution of government investment in the health care industry to regional economic growth has obvious regional characteristics. The government investment in middle and western region contributes to economic growth is higher than that of the eastern region, however, the conclusion is opposite for the non-government investment. In the end, this paper proposes some fiscal policy suggestions. Keywords: Health care industry; Economic Census; Economic growth 1 Introduction The health care industry is one of the most important parts of the third-industry, which development is of great significance for public health and economic growth. In any country, health care is the crucial fact that influences labor force