Moderating effect of governance on healthcare and environmental emissions
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2-1-2024
Abstract
Governance has become indispensable within the healthcare sector, but previous studies have not explored the potential environmental benefits linked to healthcare governance. Thus, this study focuses on the role of governance in moderating healthcare and environmental emissions in 159 low, lower-middle, upper-middle and high-income countries. To do so, cross-sectional autoregressive distributed lag (CS-ARDL) techniques were applied using panel data from 1999 to 2021, followed by the computation of threshold and marginal effect of governance on healthcare and environmental emissions nexus. Findings revealed that, with the exception of high-income countries in the short run, governance has an insignificant impact on healthcare and emissions nexus in low-, lower-middle and upper-middle-income countries. Surprisingly, the findings imply that, in the long run, countries with greater levels of governance are likely to have lesser environmental impacts related to healthcare. There was also evidence indicating that low, lower-middle, upper-middle and high-income countries must reach a certain level of governance before realising the benefits of healthcare. Therefore, to achieve lower environmental impacts from healthcare, countries must promote effective governance policies that can incentivise and enforce sustainable practices and technologies in the healthcare sector.
Keywords
Healthcare, Environmental emissions, Governance, CS-ARDL
Divisions
arts
Funders
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) [.J130000.3855.21H93],Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) [Q.J130000.3855.21H98]
Publication Title
Journal of Environmental Management
Volume
351
Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
Publisher Location
24-28 OVAL RD, LONDON NW1 7DX, ENGLAND