The role of health spending in poverty Study in selected developing countries 2000-2017

Abstract

This study deals with the impact of health spending in poorness, as it first deals with the relationship of health to poorness, and the most important channels of influence represented by poor families incurring expenses that exceed their ability to pay, and having to leave work due to illness, or to sell their productive assets to secure treatment expenses. Then, discusses the most important theoretical literature and previous studies on the impact of health spending on poorness. The study provides a detailed explanation about the standard methodology used, which is the cross-sectional analysis method for the averages of the values of the variables for the period 2000-2017, for a heterogeneous sample. The study relies on the least squares method in conducting poorness regression on spending on health and dependency ratio, the study presents the results of the standard analysis carried out on a sample of 93 developing countries. Which clearly show the importance of government health spending in alleviating poorness, and the study concludes with a set of conclusions and recommendations that focus on the importance of health expenditures, especially public expenditures, and calls for increased spending Government in the health sector.