THE HEALTH COMPONENT OF THE HUMAN CAPITAL AND THE ECONOMIC OUTPUT
THE HEALTH COMPONENT OF THE HUMAN CAPITAL AND THE ECONOMIC OUTPUT
Author(s): Olimpia NeaguSubject(s): Health and medicine and law, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Editura Universităţii »Alexandru Ioan Cuza« din Iaşi
Keywords: health status; human capital; economic results;
Summary/Abstract: The paper has the aim to explore the relationship between health, as human capital component, not very much investigated so far, and the macroeconomic results. It is analyzed the relationship between the evolution of GDP and statistical indicators reflecting the investment in health, the health status of the population and the resource indicators in the EU Member States. The main conclusions of the study reveal a positive correlation between these indicators, except the health expenditure as percentage of GDP and number of hospitals beds at 100.000 inhabitants.
Journal: Review of Economic and Business Studies (REBS)
- Issue Year: 2011
- Issue No: 8
- Page Range: 213-222
- Page Count: 10
- Language: English
