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| | | Article Name : | | | Health Care Expenditure and National Income:
The Ghanaian Case | | Author Name : | | | IGNATIUS ABASIMI1
XUAN LI, BIN WANG, SEIDU MOHAMMED | | Publisher : | | | Bridge Center | | Article URL : |  | | | Abstract : | | | This empirical study investigates the health care expenditure
and national income in Ghana, more specifically, the study
investigated the determinants of health expenditure in Ghana. The
results from the ordinary least squares (OLS) method reveal that the
proportion of population aged 65 and above, proportion of population
aged between 0-14, GDP per capita and literacy rate are significant in
explaining the changes in real health care expenditure per capita in
Ghana. Moreover, the empirical outputs show that healthcare
expenditure is a necessity good in the studied area. The findings of this
study exhibit both positive and negative relationship between health
care expenditure and national income in Ghana economy. | | Keywords : | | | Health care expenditure, national income, ordinary least
squares (OLS), Ghana.
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