非傳染性疾病(Non-communicable diseases, NCDs)的盛行在近代是各國需要解決的重大健康問題之一。瞭解其背後影響的因素與降低其發生率及死亡率極為重要。本研究使用差異中之差異法(Difference In Difference)與固定效果模型(Fixed Effect Models)衡量非傳染性疾病死亡率對經濟合作暨發展組織國家(Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, OECD)人民健康及生產力的影響。研究發現實施全民健保、遠距醫療及提高預防及治療性醫療支出皆能有效降低非傳染性疾病死亡率，進而提升國民的健康狀態效用、生產力與生命品質。

To understand what factors affect the mortality rates of non-communicable diseases(NCDs) and how the NCDs affect people’s health and productivity is an important issue.This study uses the difference-in-difference (DID) method and fixed effect models to estimate people’s health and productivity in the OECD countries. Estimation results indicate that implementing universal health coverage, and telehealth policies as well as increasing preventive and treatment healthcare decrease the death rates of noncommunicable diseases. The improvement of people’s health, productivity, and quality of life in the OECD countries are associated with decreases in NCDs’death rates.

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