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Implication of E-Health and IT Governance on Healthcare Expenditure: An Econometrics Approach (Case Study Middle East Countries)

Implication of E-Health and IT Governance on Healthcare Expenditure: An Econometrics Approach (Case Study Middle East Countries)

Seyed Shahabeddin Sadr, Seyed Mohammad Hossein Sadr, Yazdan Gudarzi Farahani
Copyright: © 2013 |Volume: 8 |Issue: 2 |Pages: 12
ISSN: 1555-3396|EISSN: 1555-340X|EISBN13: 9781466632592|DOI: 10.4018/jhisi.2013040105
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Sadr, Seyed Shahabeddin, et al. "Implication of E-Health and IT Governance on Healthcare Expenditure: An Econometrics Approach (Case Study Middle East Countries)." IJHISI vol.8, no.2 2013: pp.58-69. https://doi.org/10.4018/jhisi.2013040105

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Sadr, S. S., Sadr, S. M., & Farahani, Y. G. (2013). Implication of E-Health and IT Governance on Healthcare Expenditure: An Econometrics Approach (Case Study Middle East Countries). International Journal of Healthcare Information Systems and Informatics (IJHISI), 8(2), 58-69. https://doi.org/10.4018/jhisi.2013040105

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Sadr, Seyed Shahabeddin, Seyed Mohammad Hossein Sadr, and Yazdan Gudarzi Farahani. "Implication of E-Health and IT Governance on Healthcare Expenditure: An Econometrics Approach (Case Study Middle East Countries)," International Journal of Healthcare Information Systems and Informatics (IJHISI) 8, no.2: 58-69. https://doi.org/10.4018/jhisi.2013040105

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Abstract

This paper analyzes the public healthcare expenditure of Middle Eastern countries in relation to different exogenous explanatory variables, through a panel study involving twelve (12) Middle East countries. More specifically, the study methodology uses panel cointegration, and panel-based error correction models derived from annual data covering the period of 2000 to 2010. The empirical results support a short-run co-integration relationship after allowing for the heterogeneous country effect. The long-run relationship is estimated using a full-modified OLS. The results of a ten-year panel study have been interpreted and commented. The public healthcare expenditure of our countries is explicated to a great extent by the single country GDP. Other strong correlation variables were found also to be statistically significant. The research reveals that e-health programming and e-health governance could lead to a decrease in unnecessary health care expenditure.

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