Nexus among health expenditures, ICTs and sustainable economic growth: Insights from South Asian Nationals health and economic issues
摘要
This study aims to inspect the relationship between environmental degradation, health expenditure, energy market, ICT, and sustainable economic growth in a dynamic framework using Panel VAR and GMM approaches. This investigation adopted a balanced panel of selected South Asian countries and approached data from 2005 and 2022. This research endeavors whether ICT progress moderates the effect of health expenditure on sustainable economic growth in South Asia. Furthermore, the empirical results validate the moderating impact of ICT on the relationship between health expenditure and sustainable economic growth. Further, it affirms that environmental degradation and healthcare expenditure have a significant and direct relationship.