Socioeconomic and Health Resources Factors for Operations of a Health System

This paper is to assess the effect of health resources on state-level infant mortality and to assess the effect of socioeconomic characteristics on state-level infant mortality, i.e., to assess what change in the health status of a population can be identified as a function of socioeconomic characteristics and health resources. Some results are contrary to the common health strategy improving health status of a target population and suggest promoting individual level of health resources. This study suggest that changes in health resources or socioeconomic variables alone may not reduce the state level infant mortality, and both categories of health indicators do influence other health outcome as well as influence to each other.