The Relationship between Public Health Services & Expenditures & Corruption in OECD Countries

Yıl 2020, Cilt: 2 Sayı: 4, 535 - 556, 22.10.2020

Muzaffer Albayrak

https://doi.org/10.47103/bilturk.786784

Cited By: 2

Öz

Sağlık hizmetlerinde yolsuzluk, sağlık harcamalarını ve sonuçlarını olumsuz etkilemektedir. Önceki araştırmalar, yolsuzluğun sağlık hizmetlerini ve harcamalarını olumsuz etkilediğini göstermektedir. Bu çalışmanın amacı, Türkiye'de sağlık harcamaları ile yolsuzluk arasındaki ilişkinin varlığını incelemektir. 1984-2017 dönemine ait yıllık verileri kullanan çalışmayla, Türkiye'nin sağlık harcamaları ve yolsuzluk arasındaki ilişkinin belirlenmesi amaçlanmaktadır. Araştırma veri seti, çeşitli amaçlar için birim kök testi, eşbütünleşme testi ve Granger nedensellik testi gibi bazı uygun testler kullanılarak analiz edilmiş ve incelenmiştir. Bu testlerin sonuçları çalışmada çeşitli tablolarda sunulmuştur. Araştırmamızdan elde edilen sonuçlara göre sağlık harcamaları ile yolsuzluk arasında uzun vadeli ilişki tespit edilmiştir. Granger Dışsallık Wald testi sonuçlarına göre, yolsuzluk ve kamu harcamaları ile yolsuzluk ve beş yaşın altındaki bebek ölümleri arasında iki yönlü nedensellik ilişki bulunmuştur.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Yolsuzluk, Sağlık Harcaması, Bebek Ölüm Oranı, Johansen Eşbütünleşme, Granger Nedensellik

The Relationship between Public Health Services & Expenditures & Corruption in OECD Countries

Öz

Corruption in healthcare negatively affects health expenditures and outcomes. Previous research shows that corruption negatively affects health services and spending. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between corruption and the presence of health expenditures in Turkey. with the work using annual data for the period 1984-2017. Turkey aims to determine the relationship between health spending and corruption. The research data set has been analyzed and analyzed using some suitable tests such as the unit root test, cointegration test, and Granger causality test for various purposes. The results of these tests are presented in various tables in the study. According to the results obtained from our research, a long-term relationship between health expenditures and corruption has been determined. According to the Granger Externality Wald test results, a two-way causality relationship was found between corruption and public spending and corruption and infant deaths under the age of five.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Corruption, Health Expenditures., İnfant Mortality Rate, Johansen Cointegration, Granger Causality

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