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Identifying the Relationship Between Health Expenditures and Life Expectancy at Birth: A Cointegration Analysis for MENA Countries

Identifying the Relationship Between Health Expenditures and Life Expectancy at Birth: A Cointegration Analysis for MENA Countries

Halim Baş, Muhammed Erkam Kocakaya
Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 24
ISBN13: 9781799823292|ISBN10: 1799823296|EISBN13: 9781799823308
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-2329-2.ch011
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Baş, Halim, and Muhammed Erkam Kocakaya. "Identifying the Relationship Between Health Expenditures and Life Expectancy at Birth: A Cointegration Analysis for MENA Countries." Multidimensional Perspectives and Global Analysis of Universal Health Coverage, edited by Yeter Demir Uslu, et al., IGI Global, 2020, pp. 285-308. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-2329-2.ch011

APA

Baş, H. & Kocakaya, M. E. (2020). Identifying the Relationship Between Health Expenditures and Life Expectancy at Birth: A Cointegration Analysis for MENA Countries. In Y. Demir Uslu, H. Dinçer, & S. Yüksel (Eds.), Multidimensional Perspectives and Global Analysis of Universal Health Coverage (pp. 285-308). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-2329-2.ch011

Chicago

Baş, Halim, and Muhammed Erkam Kocakaya. "Identifying the Relationship Between Health Expenditures and Life Expectancy at Birth: A Cointegration Analysis for MENA Countries." In Multidimensional Perspectives and Global Analysis of Universal Health Coverage, edited by Yeter Demir Uslu, Hasan Dinçer, and Serhat Yüksel, 285-308. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2020. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-2329-2.ch011

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Abstract

In this study, 16 countries in the MENA region (United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Djibouti, Algeria, Egypt, Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Malta, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, and Yemen) were included to the sample and was analyzed, by using a panel data method Pedroni Cointegration test, that relationship between “health expenditures” and “life expectancy at birth” in 2000-2016 period these countries. As a result of the analysis, there was no relationship between health expenditures and life expectancy at birth. Although health expenditures do not have a direct impact on life expectancy at birth, If the MENA region countries take needed measures (such as; to attach importance to institutionalization and functionality in health, focusing on disadvantaged groups, and to encourage investments of hospital and personnel), the inequalities in health outcomes would be reduced.

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