THE IMPACTS OF ECONOMIC CRISIS ON THE PUBLIC HEALTH IN TURKEY: AN ARDL BOUNDS TESTING APPROACH

Umit CIRAKLI; Hasan Huseyin YILDIRIM

Makale detayları

THE IMPACTS OF ECONOMIC CRISIS ON THE PUBLIC HEALTH IN TURKEY: AN ARDL BOUNDS TESTING APPROACH

Yazarlar:

Umit CIRAKLI | Hasan Huseyin YILDIRIM

Yayıncı:

Hacettepe University

Dergi:

Hacettepe Sağlık İdaresi Dergisi 2019 Vol.22 Issue 2, pp.259-280

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

6/2019

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000454014

Sıklık:

Üç Aylık

eISSN:

2148-9041

Özet:

 

The main aim of this study is to evaluate the impacts of economic crises on the public health in Turkey. In this context, the impacts of 1994, 2001 and 2009 economic crisis on 10 indicators related to the public health in Turkey between 1974-2015 were investigated through the ARDL (Autoregressive Distributed Lag) bounds testing approach. As a result of the analyses made, it has been found that 1994 economic crisis affected the 3 of the 10 indicators significantly (p0.05). The 2001 economic crisis was found to have a significantly negative effect on 2 out of 10 variables as infant mortality rate and crude suicide rate. On the other hand, it was found that the 2001 economic crisis affected 5 variables significantly positive, which are maternal mortality rate, DPT, polio and measles vaccination rates and, death rates from traffic accidents. For 2009 economic crisis, there was no significant negative health affect (p<0.05). However, the 2009 economic crisis was found to have significantly positive effect on only infant mortality rate (p<0.05). Conclusively, in this study, it has been found that economic crises have both negative and positive impacts on the public health in Turkey. However, it is possible to say that vulnerable people such as infants and children are more affected from economic crises in terms of health. From the results of study, it can be said that the severity of crises, in what way the health-related behaviors will evolve, and the effects on the healthcare system within the scope of policy preference are also important factors in the impacts of economic crises on health.

Makale detayları

THE IMPACTS OF ECONOMIC CRISIS ON THE PUBLIC HEALTH IN TURKEY: AN ARDL BOUNDS TESTING APPROACH

Yazarlar: Umit CIRAKLI | Hasan Huseyin YILDIRIM

Yayıncı: Hacettepe University

Dergi: Hacettepe Sağlık İdaresi Dergisi 2019 Vol.22 Issue 2, pp.259-280

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 6/2019

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2000454014

Sıklık: Üç Aylık

eISSN: 2148-9041

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Umit CIRAKLI | Hasan Huseyin YILDIRIM

Yayıncı:

Hacettepe University

Dergi:

Hacettepe Sağlık İdaresi Dergisi 2019 Vol.22 Issue 2, pp.259-280

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

6/2019

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000454014

Sıklık:

Üç Aylık

eISSN:

2148-9041