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Nik Eghbali S, Rajab M, Hafezi B. Investigating the Effect of Renewable Energy Consumption on the Health Costs of Iran's Provinces: Spatial Econometric Approach. Iran J Health Insur 2025; 7 (4) :245-254
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1- Faculty of Law and Economics, Khomeinishahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran
2- Faculty of Law and Economics, Khomeinishahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran ,mostafa.rajabi@gmail.com
2- Faculty of Law and Economics, Khomeinishahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran ,
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Introduction: Examining factors affecting health costs in the provinces can provide a new perspective for planners and experts in social and health economics. Therefore, it is necessary to investigate the factors affecting health costs in Iran's provinces, especially (renewable energy and fossil fuels) and using spatial econometrics and calculating spatial spillovers in the provinces.
Methods: The factors affecting health costs in Iran's provinces, especially renewable energy and
non-renewable energy (fossil fuels), are investigated using spatial econometrics and calculation of spatial spillovers in 31 provinces of Iran in the period 2011-2022.
Results: The effect of renewable energy consumption on health costs is negative and significant, and the effects of fossil energy and CO2 emissions on health costs are positive and significant. Elasticity of consumption of renewable energy, fossil energy and CO2 emission are inelastic. The increase of renewable energies and the reduction of carbon emissions lead to the reduction of health costs in the provinces of Iran. Also, the spatial effect of the population over 65 years to the total population on health costs is positive and significant and is inelastic.
Conclusion: Reforming the energy price, encouraging the use of renewable energy, creating a culture to reform the energy consumption pattern are also other measures that can help reduce fossil energy consumption and, as a result, reduce CO2 emissions. Financial incentives should be considered for provinces and economic activities with high renewable energy consumption and low CO2 emissions, and taxes and fines for provinces with high CO2 emissions. For companies to act in order to reduce CO2 emission and reduce pollution.
Methods: The factors affecting health costs in Iran's provinces, especially renewable energy and
non-renewable energy (fossil fuels), are investigated using spatial econometrics and calculation of spatial spillovers in 31 provinces of Iran in the period 2011-2022.
Results: The effect of renewable energy consumption on health costs is negative and significant, and the effects of fossil energy and CO2 emissions on health costs are positive and significant. Elasticity of consumption of renewable energy, fossil energy and CO2 emission are inelastic. The increase of renewable energies and the reduction of carbon emissions lead to the reduction of health costs in the provinces of Iran. Also, the spatial effect of the population over 65 years to the total population on health costs is positive and significant and is inelastic.
Conclusion: Reforming the energy price, encouraging the use of renewable energy, creating a culture to reform the energy consumption pattern are also other measures that can help reduce fossil energy consumption and, as a result, reduce CO2 emissions. Financial incentives should be considered for provinces and economic activities with high renewable energy consumption and low CO2 emissions, and taxes and fines for provinces with high CO2 emissions. For companies to act in order to reduce CO2 emission and reduce pollution.
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Received: 2024/11/1 | Revised: 2025/05/7 | Accepted: 2025/02/23 | ePublished: 2025/03/17
Received: 2024/11/1 | Revised: 2025/05/7 | Accepted: 2025/02/23 | ePublished: 2025/03/17
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