Corruption and population health outcomes: an analysis of data from 133 countries using structural equation modeling

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 633-641

  Factor, Roni ^a   Kang, Minah ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Corruption; Health expenditures; Infant mortality; Life expectancy; Political regime; Road traffic crashes

Indexed keywords

DECEPTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HUMAN; MALE; POLITICS; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DECEPTION; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POLITICS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84940953748     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-015-0687-6     Document Type: Article

References (45)

1. Aísa R, Clemente J, Pueyo F (2014) The influence of (public) health expenditure on longevity. Int J Public Health 59(5):867–875
2. Akçay S (2006) Corruption and human development. Cato J 26:29
3. Muldoon KA et al (2011) Health system determinants of infant, child and maternal mortality: a cross-sectional study of UN member countries. Global Health 7:42
4. Arbuckle JL (1996) Full information estimation in the presence of incomplete data. In: Marcoulides GA, Schumacker RE (eds) Advanced structural equation modeling: issues and techniques. Erlbaum, Mahwah, pp 243–277
5. Batley R, Mcloughlin C (2010) Engagement with non-state service providers in fragile states: reconciling state-building and service delivery. Dev Policy Rev 28(2):131–154
6. Bentler PM, Chou CP (1987) Practical issues in structural modeling. Sociol Method Res 16(1):78–117. doi:10.1177/0049124187016001004
7. Byrne BM (2009) Structural equation modeling with AMOS: basic concepts, applications, and programming, 2nd edn. Routledge, New York
8. Chen F, Curran PJ, Bollen KA, Kirby J, Paxton P (2008) An empirical evaluation of the use of fixed cutoff points in RMSEA test statistic in structural equation models. Sociol Methods Res 36(4):462–494. doi:10.1177/0049124108314720
9. Collier MW (2002) Explaining corruption: an institutional choice approach. Crime Law Soc Ch 38(1):1–32. doi:10.1023/A:1019802614530
10. Dietrich S (2011) The politics of public health aid_ why corrupt governments have incentives to implement aid effectively. World Dev 39(1):55–63. doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2010.06.011
11. Factor R, Awerbuch T, Levins R (2013) Social and land use composition determinants of health: variability in health indicators. Health Place 22:90–97. doi:10.1016/j.healthplace.2013.04.001
12. Gakidou E, Cowling K, Lozano R, Murray CJ (2010) Increased educational attainment and its effect on child mortality in 175 countries between 1970 and 2009: a systematic analysis. Lancet 376(9745):959–974. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(10)61257-3
13. Gupta S, Davoodi H, Alonso-Terme R (1998) Does corruption affect income inequality and poverty? IMF working paper no 79. International Monetary Fund, Washington
14. Gupta S, De Mello L, Saharan R (2001) Corruption and military spending. Eur J Polit Econ 17:749–777
15. Gupta S, Davoodi HR, Tiongson E (2002) Corruption and the provision of health care and education services. In: Amed G, Gupta S (eds) Governance, corruption, and economic performance. International Monetary Fund, Washington, DC, pp 245–279
16. Holmberg S, Rothstein B, Nasiritousi N (2009) Quality of government: what you get. Annu Rev Polit Sci 12(1):135–161. doi:10.1146/annurev-polisci-100608-104510
17. Jain AK (2001) Corruption: a review. J Econ Surv 15(1):71–121
18. Judge WQ, McNatt DB, Xu WC (2011) The antecedents and effects of national corruption: a meta-analysis. J World Bus 46(1):93–103. doi:10.1016/j.jwb.2010.05.021
19. Kassirer J (2006) The corrupting influence of money in medicine. Transparency International Global Corruption Report
20. Kaufmann D, Kraay A, Mastruzzi M (2007) Measuring corruption: myths and realities. In: https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstream/handle/10986/9576/396030Measurin1ion0find27301PUBLIC1.pdf?sequence=1. Accessed 11 June 2014
21. Kaufmann D, Kraay A, Mastruzzi M (2009) The Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) project. The World Bank
22. Kirigia JM, Diarra-Nama AJ (2008) Can countries of the WHO African Region wean themselves off donor funding for health? Bull World Health Organ 86(11):889–892
23. Ko K, Samajdar A (2010) Evaluation of international corruption indexes: should we believe them or not? Soc Sci J 47(3):508–540. doi:10.1016/j.soscij.2010.03.001
24. Louise S (2005) The unholy trinity: transnational crime, corruption, and terrorism. Brown J World Aff 6(2):101–111
25. Mackey TK, Liang BA (2012) Combating healthcare corruption and fraud with improved global health governance. BMC Int Health Human Right 12(1):23
26. Målqvist M, Hoa DTP, Thomsen S (2012) Causes and determinants of inequity in maternal and child health in Vietnam. BMC Public Health 12(1):641
27. Marshall MG, Jaggers K, Robert Gurr T (2011) Polity IV project: political regime characteristics and transitions, 1800–2011. Dataset users’ manual. Center for Systemic Peace
28. Novignon J (2015) On the efficiency of public health expenditure in Sub-Saharan Africa: Does corruption and quality of public institutions matter? Munich Personal RePEc Archive, no 39195
29. Quintana SM, Maxwell SE (1999) Implications of recent developments in structural equation modeling for counseling psychology. Couns Psychol 27(4):485–527
30. Rajkumar AS, Swaroop V (2008) Public spending and outcomes: does governance matter? J Dev Econ 86(1):96–111. doi:10.1016/j.jdeveco.2007.08.003
31. Rothstein BO, Teorell JAN (2008) What is quality of government? a theory of impartial government institutions. Governance 21(2):165–190. doi:10.1111/j.1468-0491.2008.00391.x
32. Savedoff W, Hussmann K (2006) Why are health systems prone to corruption? Global Corruption Report 2006:4–16
33. Schaaf M, Freedman LP (2015) Unmasking the open secret of posting and transfer practices in the health sector. Health Policy Plan 30(1):121–130. doi:10.1093/heapol/czt091
34. Scott K, Powles J, Thomas H, Rechel B (2011) Perceived barriers to the development of modern public health in Bulgaria: a qualitative study. Int J Public Health 56(2):191–199. doi:10.1007/s00038-010-0140-9
35. Sequeira S (2012) Advances in measuring corruption in the field, vol 15. Emerald Group Publishing Limited, UK
36. Stipčić A, Ćorić T, Erceg M, Mihanović F, Kolčić I, Polašek O (2015) Socioeconomic inequalities show remarkably poor association with health and disease in Southern Croatia. Int J Public Health. doi:10.1007/s00038-015-0667-x
37. Stolen Asset Recovery (2007) Initiative: challenges, opportunities, and action plan. The World Bank, UN Office on Drugs and Crime, USA
38. Tanzi V (1998) Corruption around the world—causes, consequences, scope, and cures. Int Monet Fund Staff Pap 45(4):559–594
39. The PRS Group (2012) International Country Risk Guide (ICRG). In: http://www.prsgroup.com/ICRG.aspx. Accessed December 2012
40. Transparency International (2006) Global corruption report 2006: corruption and health. Pluto Press, London
41. Transparency International (2012) CPI 2003. In: Transparency international. http://www.transparency.org/research/cpi/cpi_2003. Accessed December 2012
42. Vian T (2008) Review of corruption in the health sector: theory, methods and interventions. Health Policy Plan 23(2):83–94. doi:10.1093/heapol/czm048
43. Westland JC (2010) Lower bounds on sample size in structural equation modeling. Electron Commer Res Appl 9(6):476–487. doi:10.1016/j.elerap.2010.07.003
44. World Bank (2011) World Development Indicators 2011. World Bank, USA
45. World Health Organization (2011) Causes of death 2008: data sources and methods. World Health Organization, Geneva