The Impact of Health Indicators on Economic Development and Social Wealth
Keywords:
Health indicators, economic growth, health workers, management
Abstract
Considering the researches of the scientific literature, that highlighted the strong connection between health, economics and the standards of living , the purpose of this paper is to identify to what extent the main indicators of health status have impact on long term economic growth. We used a sample of worldwide states, representing the data on which the analysis was conducted. Our research present the correlation between health work force density selected as independent variable and the dependent variables as: the number of infant deaths, life expectancy at birth, the increase of total revenues in GDP. The method used was linear estimation, both with simple regression and panel data model. The indicators were selected and processed from World Bank and World Health Organization data base. Our results confirm the research assumptions, regarding how the health work force density determine the decrease of infant mortality, an increase of life expectancy and the increase of total revenues in GDP. Health work force density plays the major role for the health system performance. We should reconsider the management of health system for a better coverage of people health needs, because the performance of human capital it is reflected subsequently in the economic competitiveness and social wealth.
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[23] Incaltarau C, Horodnic VA, Botezat DL, Astarastoae V, Oprea L. Is health status associated with macroeconomic development? Analysing all-cause and cardiovascular diseases mortality: some evidences from Romania: Revista Romana de Bioetica [Internet]. 2015 Mar [cited 2016 Aug]; 13(1): 159-175. Available from: http://www.bioetica.ro/index.php/arhiva-bioetica/article/view/1031
[24] Peykarjou K, Gollu RB, Gashti HP, Shahrivar R. Studying the relathionship between health and economic growth in OIC member states.: IJCRB [Internet]. 2011 Dec [cited in 2016 Nov]; 3(8): 1041-1054. Available from: http://www.journal-archieves13.webs.com/1041-1054.pdf
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[26] Chakraborty, S. Endogenous Lifetime and Economic Growth. Journal of Economic Theory [Internet]. 2004 May [cited 2016 Dec]; Vol 116(1): 119-137. Available from: http://www.economie.ens.fr/IMG/pdf/chakraborty_2004.pdf
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2017-08-18
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BESCIU, C., & ANDRONICEANU, A. (2017). The Impact of Health Indicators on Economic Development and Social Wealth. LUMEN Proceedings, 1, 92-102. https://doi.org/10.18662/lumproc.rsacvp2017.9
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