The Relationship between Economic Growth and Health Care Expenditure in Kuwait | ||||
| Alexandria Science Exchange Journal | ||||
| Article 8, Volume 46, Issue 2, June 2025, Page 337-346 PDF (345.18 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/asejaiqjsae.2025.427090 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
Walaa Ali Mohamed  1; Jarrah Motlak Dughaim Alkhaldi 2; Lafi Mubarak Saad Alazmi 2
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| 1Assistant Professor, Cairo University, Egypt. | ||||
| 2General Agency of Practical Education, Kuwait. | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Public spending on the health sector is one of the most important aspects of investment in human capital, and aims through it to achieve an increase and efficiency in the production of individuals, which is positively reflected in the gross domestic product and economic growth rates. The research problem can be formulated in the following question: What is the impact of the development of the health sector on economic growth rates in Kuwait through?. The research aims to clarify the impact of health care spending on economic growth in Kuwait, and to analyze the results in a way that may contribute to serving policy makers and decision makers in the future, so the study assumes that there is a positive impact of health spending on economic growth in Kuwait. The results of the study indicate that the relationship between GDP and health care spending as a share of GDP reveals that there is a direct relationship and this means that the higher the value of spending on health care as a share of GDP, the higher the GDP. It was also found that the relationship between the GDP and the average per capita health expenditure is a direct relationship, this means that the higher the value per capita health expenditure, the higher the GDP. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Health services; Health labor force; hospitals; GDP; human capital | ||||
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