The Relationship Between Young Populations, Life Expectancy at Birth, Number Of Doctors and Health Expenditure in Turkey: An Econometric Application
The Relationship Between Young Populations, Life Expectancy at Birth, Number Of Doctors and Health Expenditure in Turkey: An Econometric Application
Author(s): Tuğay GünelSubject(s): Health and medicine and law, Demography and human biology, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Ahmet Arif Eren
Keywords: Health Expenditure; Health Policy; Vector Error Correction Model; Johansen Cointegration Test;
Summary/Abstract: Health care expenditure is a major health policy concern worldwide. To assist decision-makers in finding best policies to manage health care cost, it is important to understand the factors that affect health care expenditure. The objective of this study is to analyze the effects of youth population aged less than 15, life expectancy at birth and doctors providing direct care to patients on the health expenditure in Turkey and how they affect the health expenditure in Turkey during 1975- 2013 period. Augmented Dickey Fuller and Phillips-Perron tests are employed to check whether the variables are stationary or not. Then Johansen Cointegration test and VECM approach are employed to investigate the long-run dynamics and short-run relationship between health expenditure and youth population aged less than 15,(POP15) life expectancy at birth(LIFEX) and doctors (DOCTORS) providing direct care to patients.
Journal: Fiscaoeconomia
- Issue Year: 2/2018
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 119-135
- Page Count: 17
- Language: English