From: Health expenditure, child and maternal mortality nexus: a comparative global analysis
 | Granger causality test | DH non-causality approach | TY non-causality approach | |||
 | HE to IMR | IMR to HE | HE to IMR | IMR to HE | HE to IMR | IMR to HE |
 | Z-value | Z-value | Z-value | Z-value | Z-value | Z-value |
GL | 2.91 | 14.37* | 9.29* | 10.31* | 6.69 | 7.32 |
LY | 7.77* | 0.43 | 3.19* | 5.97* | 4.57* | 12.31* |
LM | 4.25 | 14.10* | 3.02* | 3.06* | 5.79* | 1.94 |
HM | 2.88 | 1.92 | 1.54 | 1.65* | 1.74 | 6.01 |
HY | 22.57* | 30.64* | 4.02* | 1.22 | 12.21* | 5.79 |
 | Granger causality test | DH non-causality approach | TY non-causality approach | |||
 | HE to MMR | MMR to HE | HE to MMR | MMR to HE | HE to MMR | MMR to HE |
 | Z-value | Z-value | Z-value | Z-value | Z-value | Z-value |
GL | 5.76 | 10.67* | 3.65* | 4.01* | 4.12 | 3.35 |
LY | 0.20 | 1.07 | −1.64 | 1.20 | 9.43* | 1.95 |
LM | 2.34 | 0.46 | 0.11 | −0.84 | 5.29 | 5.89 |
HM | 0.91 | 0.54 | −0.24 | − 0.12 | 5.39 | 0.01 |
HY | 2.85* | 0.56 | −0.97 | 1.78* | 1.87 | 6.37 |
 | Granger causality test | DH non-causality approach | TY non-causality approach | |||
 | HE to U5MR | U5MR to HE | HE to U5MR | U5MR to HE | HE to U5MR | U5MR to HE |
 | Z-value | Z-value | Z-value | Z-value | Z-value | Z-value |
GL | 7.97* | 22.07* | 9.26* | 12.06* | 5.52 | 5.02 |
LY | 12.61* | 0.55 | 4.51* | 5.115* | 10.19* | 13.75* |
LM | 8.19* | 1.49 | 4.36* | 6.62* | 1.67 | 1.65 |
HM | 0.82 | 0.23 | 1.02 | 1.103 | 2.88 | 5.98 |
HY | 35.58* | 26.51* | 3.82* | 2.001* | 3.27 | 3.44 |
 | Granger causality test | DH non-causality approach | TY non-causality approach | |||
 | HE to LFE | LFE to HE | HE to LFE | LFE to HE | HE to LFE | LFE to HE |
 | Z-value | Z-value | Z-value | Z-value | Z-value | Z-value |
GL | 11.85* | 14.33* | 16.30* | 22.60* | 52.21* | 24.92* |
LY | 0.59 | 0.21 | 2.73* | 31.17* | 2.85 | 4.02 |
LM | 2.30 | 0.28 | 2.18* | 10.13* | 5.2 | 14.04* |
HM | 1.32 | 0.56 | 1.78 | 37.38* | 10.46 | 13.42* |
HY | 0.00 | 1.28 | 13.25* | 19.62* | 33.34* | 5.21 |