A Causal Analysis of Life Expectancy at Birth. Evidence from Spain.

Pedro Antonio Martín CervantesNuria Rueda LópezSalvador Cruz Rambaud

Published in: International journal of environmental research and public health (2019)

Life expectancy at birth has become one of the main indicators able to measure the performance of a country's health system. This analysis facilitates the identification of those factors which exhibit a unidirectional Granger-causality relationship with life expectancy at birth. Therefore, this paper provides useful information for the management of public health resources from the point of view of the maximization of social benefits.

Keyphrases

public health
gestational age
healthcare
pregnancy outcomes
health information
emergency department
adverse drug
social media