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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Public Health
Sec. Health Economics
Volume 12 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1535932
This article is part of the Research Topic Multilevel Medical Security Systems and Big Data in Healthcare: Trends and Developments, Volume II View all 6 articles

Research on the Impact of Urban Innovation on Public Health

Provisionally accepted
Liang Zhao Liang Zhao 1Chen Li Chen Li 2*Yaosen Qian Yaosen Qian 3*
  • 1 Hubei University, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China
  • 2 Shanghai University of Engineering Sciences, Shanghai, China
  • 3 Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China

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    Currently, it is an important stage for China's economy to transition from being mainly driven by investment and outward oriented economy to being driven by innovation and domestic demand. Innovation, as an important engine for regional economic development, is worth exploring and thinking about how it affects urban public health. The article is based on panel data from 15 sub provincial cities across the country, using the number of doctors per 10000 people and per capita financial medical and health expenditure as proxy variables for urban public health, and using the level of technological development as the core explanatory variable for regression analysis. The research results show that: (1) for public health quantified by the number of doctors per 10000 people in cities, innovation does not have a significant promoting effect on urban public health; (2) Compared to the number of doctors per 10000 people in a region, the per capita financial expenditure on healthcare can better measure the level of urban public health; (3) Innovation has a significant impact on urban public health, measured by per capita fiscal expenditure on healthcare. The city's investment in technology and the number of patent authorizations per 10000 people have a positive promoting effect on urban public health.

    Keywords: innovation, Public Health, Number of doctors per 10000 people, Per capita fiscal expenditure on healthcare, Chinese cities

    Received: 28 Nov 2024; Accepted: 11 Dec 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Zhao, Li and Qian. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence:
    Chen Li, Shanghai University of Engineering Sciences, Shanghai, China
    Yaosen Qian, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei Province, China

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