Ahmad Moayedfard|Salar Ghorbani|Sara Emamgholipour Sefiddashti
Health Expenditure and Its Human Capital Determinants in Iran
Shiraz University|Iran University of Medical Sciences|Tehran University of Medical Sciences
background human capital effective variable health condition society changing changes health expenditure proxy health study aimed investigate relationship human capital determinants health expenditurex0d methods empirical model used 7 variables included gender parity gpi index literacy rate life expectancy birth gdp per capita physician per capita hospitals bed independent variable health expenditure depended variable unit root test data using zivotandrews method model estimated ordinary least square ols methodx0d result gpi negative significant impact health expenditure literacy positive significant impact depended variable addition gdp per capita life expectancy positive significant health expenditure hospital bed physician per capita significant relationship health expenditure value rsquared durbinwatson statistic 099 195 respectively showed good model fitx0d conclusion literacy rate gpi index proxy human capital different impact health expenditure first positive latter negative gdp per capita positive impact showed health normal good