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AuthorAlshammari, Nayef N.
AuthorAlshuwaiee, Wael M.
AuthorMirza, Ibrahim
Available date2020-06-18T08:00:26Z
Publication Date2019
Publication NameStudies in Business and Economics
Identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.29117/sbe.2019.0111
CitationAlshammari, Nayef N., Alshuwaiee, Wael M., Mirza, Ibrahim.(2019), Does Spending Matter in Improving Healthcare Across MENA Region, Studies in Business and Economics Journal, Vol. 22, No.1 , p.p. 5-23
ISSN1818-1228
URIhttp://hdl.handle.net/10576/15071
AbstractThis study addresses the impact of healthcare spending on quality of health. Particularly, it investigates the impact of health budget allocation, health system performance, a nation’s income, and demographic aspects on prompting health quality across the MENA region. The yearly data sample used covers the period 1995–2016. The estimated model is tested using the appropriate GLS random effects method. The findings do not show support for public spending on healthcare to improve healthcare quality across the MENA region. However, higher private spending on healthcare leads to lower infant mortality rates, thus improving healthcare quality. The results also show that the improvement in income per-capita for oil-exporting countries leads to improved quality of healthcare as well as in non-oil-exporting countries, however the marginal benefit is lower for oil-exporting countries, compared to non-oil-exporting countries. This might suggest that oil-exporting countries have already reached a significant floor level of infant mortality rate that cannot be improved. However, non-oil-exporting countries still have potential to reduce the infant mortality rate and improve the quality of healthcare.
Languageen
PublisherQatar University Press
SubjectHealth Quality
Budget Allocation
Oil Exporters
MENA
TitleDoes Spending Matter in Improving Healthcare Across MENA Region
TypeArticle
Pagination5-23
Issue Number1
Volume Number22
dc.accessType Open Access


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