Can healthcare ever be less than a necessity in MENA countries? A semiparametric estimation of the relationship between healthcare expenditure and GDP

Empirical evidence on the long and short run determinants of health expenditure in the Arab world

“…1 Our study differs from Yorulmaz's (2016) work in several aspects. First, the author analysed the relationship between healthcare and its determinants applying a semi-parametric fixed effects regression for 16 MENA countries from 1995 to 2012, while we use more recent 1995-2014 annual panel data on 18 Arab world countries.…”

“…There is a rich literature exploring health spending in developed countries (OECD countries) whereas very few empirical studies have focused on developing countries. As we pointed out, to the best of our knowledge, Yorulmaz (2016) is the only study that investigated the determinants of health care expenditure in MENA countries. The author analysed the relationship between healthcare spending and GDP by applying a semi-parametric fixed effects regression estimator for 16 MENA countries from 1995 to 2012.…”

“…Second, the rapid growth and ageing of the population, alongside with high incidences of life style diseases are driving up the health sector costs, setting a trend of a continuous increase in health spending. Third, to the best of our knowledge Yorulmaz (2016) is the only existent study that investigates the determinants of health care expenditures in the Middle East and North Africa countries 1 (MENA). Using a new approach for a panel data, the following study tries to fill the gap in the empirical literature.…”

The Impact of CO2 Gas Emissions on Government Expenditure of Health Sector in Indonesia

“…In accordance with the research conducted by [8] where the per capita income had a significant influence on the government expenditure on the health sector positively. However, in the study conducted by [16] in the country incorporated in MENA. The results found that GDP Percapita was negatively affecting government spending on healthcare in the country of Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, and Kuwait.…”

Implementation of Health Technology Assessment in the Middle East and North Africa: Comparison Between the Current and Preferred Status

“…The economic status of countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are heterogenous, as the region includes some of the highest income countries globally alongside several low-and middle-income countries (Yorulmaz., 2016). Nonetheless, several commonalities are shared culturally and specifically in health care systems, including fragmentation of health care provision and financing and efforts to implement universal health coverage.…”