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Statistical and Application 统计学与应用, 2014, 3, 76-84 Published Online June 2014 in Hans. /journal/sa /10.12677/sa.2014.32011 Influence Analysis of Environmental Quality on Health Expenditure of Urban Residents Based on Hierarchical Cluster 1 2 Zhen Tang , Wen Gan 1 School of Statistics and Mathematics, Yunnan University of Finance and Economics, Kunming 2 International Business School, Yunnan University of Finance and Economics, Kunming Email: tangzhen2012@ th th nd Received: Apr. 26 , 2014; revised: May 20 , 2014; accepted: Jun. 2 , 2014 Copyright © 2014 by authors and Hans Publishers Inc. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY). /licenses/by/4.0/ Abstract The environmental quality has a vital influence on the health expenditure of urban residents. Based on statistical data of 31 provinces in China from 2003 to 2011, in which the per capita health expenditure, per capita income, exhaust emissions and solid waste are selected as study variables, the main factors affecting health expenditure of urban residents in different areas are analyzed and the economical relationship between environmental pollution and health expendi- tures is explored using cluster analysis method and modeling process. The empirical results show that: health expenditure of residents varies from region to region, and the region with higher per capita income has a higher health expenditure. At the same time, per capita health expenditure and exhaust emissions have a positive correlation and standardized and timely treatment of solid