International Conference on Eurasian Economies
29-31 August 2016 – Kaposvár, HUNGARY
Paper detail
Paper ID : 1749
Status : Paper published
Language : Turkish
Topic : Growth and Development
Presenter: Asst. Prof. Dr. Müjgan Hacıoğlu Deniz
Session : 4C Sağlık Ekonomisi
Evaluating the Effects of Health Sector and Health Expenditures on Economic Growth for Turkey between the years 2000-2014
Türkiye'de Sağlık Sektörü ve Sağlık Harcamalarının Büyüme Üzerindeki Etkisinin 2000-2014 Yılları için Analizi
- Asst. Prof. Dr. Müjgan Hacıoğlu Deniz (İstanbul University, Türkiye)
- Prof. Dr. Kutluk Kağan Sümer (İstanbul University, Türkiye)
Abstract
This study provides general information about the health economics and the health care expenditures in addition to its relations with economic growth and development. Specifically, this research focuses on the relation between health expenditures such as investments in medical sector, drugs etc. and economic growth in Turkey. Determining the structure of health expenditures and identifying the factors that influence such expenditures; “Child-Infant Mortality Rate”, “Life Expectancy at Birth and “Gross Mortality Rate are vitally important in terms of improvement of health indicators. Gross National Product per Capita and health expenditures per capita were considered as basic economic indicators as well. In this research, Turkey’s Gross National Product per capita in years between 2000–2014 and changes in basic health indicators of Turkey were analyzed and evaluated together. It also examined if a close relation exists between the expenditures for drugs and the total health expenditures within the whole system.
JEL codes: I15, I18, I11
Hacıoğlu Deniz, Müjgan, Sümer, Kutluk Kağan (2016). "Evaluating the Effects of Health Sector and Health Expenditures on Economic Growth for Turkey between the years 2000-2014" in Proceedings of International Conference of Eurasian Economies 2016, pp.471-478, Kaposvár, HUNGARY.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36880/C07.01749
