INVESTIGATION OF THE IMPACTS OF ECONOMIC CRISES ON THE HEALTHSYSTEM IN TURKEY: AN ARDL BOUNDS TESTING APPROACH

Year 2021, Volume: 6 Issue: 1, 427 - 442, 20.03.2021

Ümit Çıraklı

Abstract

In this study, the impacts of 1994, 2001 and 2009 economic crises on 9 indicators related to the
health system in Turkey between 1974-2015 were investigated through the ARDL Cointegration approach. It was found that the 1994 economic crisis affected the total number of other health personnel significantly (p<0.05) in a negative way. The 2001 economic crisis was found to have a significantly negative effect on public health expenditures, total health expenditures and number of beds. For the 2009 economic crisis, private and total health expenditures decreased significantly (p<0,05), while public health expenditures increased significantly (p<0.05). Conclusively, in this study, it has been found that political choice plays
an important factor in the impacts of the economic crises on the health system.

Keywords

economic crises, health system, ARDL bounds testing

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