scholarly journals Does Spending More on Healthcare Yields Higher Life Expectancy? A Case Study on Gulf Cooperation Council Countries

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nouf S. AlSaied ◽  
Musaed S. AlAli
Keyword(s):  
Life Expectancy ◽  
Healthcare Expenditure ◽  
Healthcare Systems ◽  
Gulf Cooperation Council ◽  
Healthcare Sector ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Gcc Countries ◽  
Per Capita

This study aims to evaluate the nexus between economic factors and life expectancy in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. Using the data of 115 countries for the year 2019, results revealed that only healthcare expenditure (HE) per capita showed statistically significant direct relation with life expectancy while GDP per capita and percentage of country GDP allocated to healthcare sector did not show any statistically significant effect. Based on panel OLS regression model used in this research, results showed that with the amount of money GCC countries spend on their healthcare systems, four out of the six GCC countries had a life expectancy that was lower than the estimated life expectancy by 3.28 years indicating inefficiency in their healthcare systems. The output also indicates that even though economic factors have an effect on life expectancy to a certain point, other factors such as the quality of the healthcare system staff, education, corruption, pollution, and other non-economic factors also affect life expectancy.

scholarly journals Does Spending More on Healthcare Yields Higher Life Expectancy? A Case Study on Gulf Cooperation Council Countries

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nouf S. AlSaied ◽  
◽  
Musaed S. AlAli ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Life Expectancy ◽  
Healthcare Expenditure ◽  
Healthcare Systems ◽  
Gulf Cooperation Council ◽  
Healthcare Sector ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Gcc Countries ◽  
Per Capita

This study aims to evaluate the nexus between economic factors and life expectancy in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. Using the data of 115 countries for the year 2019, results revealed that only healthcare expenditure (HE) per capita showed statistically significant direct relation with life expectancy while GDP per capita and percentage of country GDP allocated to healthcare sector did not show any statistically significant effect. Based on panel OLS regression model used in this research, results showed that with the amount of money GCC countries spend on their healthcare systems, four out of the six GCC countries had a life expectancy that was lower than the estimated life expectancy by 3.28 years indicating inefficiency in their healthcare systems. The output also indicates that even though economic factors have an effect on life expectancy to a certain point, other factors such as the quality of the healthcare system staff, education, corruption, pollution, and other non-economic factors also affect life expectancy.

scholarly journals Determinants of healthcare quality in single-payer healthcare system countries

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 4240
Author(s):  
Nouf S. Al Saied ◽  
Musaed S. Al Ali
Keyword(s):  
Healthcare System ◽  
Confidence Level ◽  
Healthcare Expenditure ◽  
Healthcare Quality ◽  
Healthcare Sector ◽  
Pollution Level ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Single Payer ◽  
Per Capita

Background: The quality of healthcare system in any country is essential for the wellbeing of its population. Improving the quality of the healthcare sector would lead to a healthier population and thus more productive nation and stronger economy. The level of healthcare quality depends on both economic and non-economic factors. Addressing the level of effect these factors on healthcare quality would facilitate policy makers’ tasks in achieving that goal.Method: This study is based on the 2019 data of 29 countries that adapt single-payer healthcare system. Pearson correlation matrix is used to examine the relation of a number of variables with healthcare quality, measured by life expectancy, in these countries.Results: The results from this research showed that literacy rate, digital adaptation, pollution level, corruption level, healthcare expenditure (HE) per capita, GDP per capita, healthcare expenditure as a percentage of GDP all showed a strong relation at the 99% confidence level while the number of physicians per 1000 showed statistically significant relation with healthcare quality at the 95% confidence level. While all factors showed direct relation, pollution and corruption showed an inverse relation.Conclusions: Improving the quality of the healthcare sector is the goal of any government since it would lead to better and stronger economy. While economic factors play a role in achieving that goal, other non-economic factors can also have the same effect in achieving that goal. 

Analysis of the association between economic growth, environmental quality and health standards in the Gulf Cooperation Council during 1980-2012

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (5) ◽  
pp. 1050-1071 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasmeen Bader ◽  
Subhadra Ganguli
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Life Expectancy ◽  
Gulf Cooperation Council ◽  
Environmental Indicators ◽  
Gdp Per Capita ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Gcc Countries ◽  
Lower Productivity ◽  
Per Capita ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the validity of the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) between gross domestic product (GDP) per capita and environmental indicators in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. Additionally, this paper also explores the relationship between health and income levels in the GCC to identify whether higher incomes necessarily affect overall health metrics. Design/methodology/approach The first part of this paper studies the relationship between GDP per capita and the greenhouse gases (GHGs) – carbon dioxide (CO2), nitrous oxide (N2O) and methane (CH4) (all per capita data). The second part of this paper explores the relationship between GDP per capita and the following health variables: life expectancy, infant mortality and child mortality – for GCC countries during 1980–2012. Unit root tests were conducted, followed by cointegration analysis, leading to Granger causality test and vector error correction model. Findings GCC states are highly dependent on fossil fuel production and hence depend on hydrocarbons for GDP growth. Most of the GCC states demonstrate lack of the EKC curve. However, there is evidence of U-shaped relationship between environmental pollutants and GDP per capita in kingdoms like Bahrain and Saudi Arabia (KSA). United Arab Emirates (UAE), on the other hand, demonstrates EKC, though not significantly. The study then explores the existence of potential relationship between health and GDP in the GCC, where it has been found that higher incomes have driven a better standard of living resulting in improved health metrics and higher life expectancy rates. Thus, growing incomes have played a positive role by improving health parameters and by offsetting some of the negative impacts from lack of environmental improvement as demonstrated by the absence of EKC in general in GCC. Originality/value GHG emissions data are individually and empirically examined for each country in the GCC. Furthermore, the study delves into the environmental problems that lead to health issues, which were initially caused by pollution. The results of the empirical analysis provide strong evidence that GCC countries need to rely less on fossil fuels, as lower productivity due to higher pollution reduces income and economic growth in most countries.

A Bibliometric Perspective on Technology-Driven Innovation in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Countries in Relation to Its Transformative Impact on International Business

2019 ◽  
pp. 49-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raheem Sarwar ◽  
Saira Hanif Soroya ◽  
Amina Muazzam ◽  
Fahad Sabah ◽  
Sehrish Iqbal ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Exchange ◽  
Gulf Cooperation Council ◽  
Collaboration Networks ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Gcc Countries ◽  
Time Period ◽  
Scholarly Impact ◽  
International Collaborations ◽  
Transformative Impact

This chapter presents a novel scientific research landscape of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in order to access the research productivity, scholarly impact, and international collaborations across all GCC countries over the time period of 2008–2018, using the Scopus database. While we observe a significant increase in investing the resources in GCC world in order to build research infrastructure to make shift from only oil producing countries to knowledge-based economies, not enough efforts have been done to measure the outcomes of these investments. The chapter explores different thematic areas that have evolved over a decade related to TDI, top scientists, and top institutions in GCC. Further, the study investigates international collaboration networks within or outside GCC to better understand the venues of knowledge exchange with GCC countries. It is expected that the findings of this case study would provide an insight to the research landscape of the GCC and useful information to the scientific community as well as to the technology and innovation policymakers.

scholarly journals A Comprehensive Survey on Data Utility and Privacy: Taking Indian Healthcare System as a Potential Case Study

Inventions ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 45
Author(s):  
Prathamesh Churi ◽  
Ambika Pawar ◽  
Antonio-José Moreno-Guerrero
Keyword(s):  
Healthcare System ◽  
Large Population ◽  
Healthcare Systems ◽  
Healthcare Management ◽  
Healthcare Sector ◽  
Sensitive Data ◽  
Data Breaches ◽  
Healthcare Data ◽  
Privacy Issues

Background: According to the renowned and Oscar award-winning American actor and film director Marlon Brando, “privacy is not something that I am merely entitled to, it is an absolute prerequisite.” Privacy threats and data breaches occur daily, and countries are mitigating the consequences caused by privacy and data breaches. The Indian healthcare industry is one of the largest and rapidly developing industry. Overall, healthcare management is changing from disease-centric into patient-centric systems. Healthcare data analysis also plays a crucial role in healthcare management, and the privacy of patient records must receive equal attention. Purpose: This paper mainly presents the utility and privacy factors of the Indian healthcare data and discusses the utility aspect and privacy problems concerning Indian healthcare systems. It defines policies that reform Indian healthcare systems. The case study of the NITI Aayog report is presented to explain how reformation occurs in Indian healthcare systems. Findings: It is found that there have been numerous research studies conducted on Indian healthcare data across all dimensions; however, privacy problems in healthcare, specifically in India, are caused by prevalent complacency, culture, politics, budget limitations, large population, and existing infrastructures. This paper reviews the Indian healthcare system and the applications that drive it. Additionally, the paper also maps that how privacy issues are happening in every healthcare sector in India. Originality/Value: To understand these factors and gain insights, understanding Indian healthcare systems first is crucial. To the best of our knowledge, we found no recent papers that thoroughly reviewed the Indian healthcare system and its privacy issues. The paper is original in terms of its overview of the healthcare system and privacy issues. Social Implications: Privacy has been the most ignored part of the Indian healthcare system. With India being a country with a population of 130 billion, much healthcare data are generated every day. The chances of data breaches and other privacy violations on such sensitive data cannot be avoided as they cause severe concerns for individuals. This paper segregates the healthcare system’s advances and lists the privacy that needs to be addressed first.

scholarly journals The COVID-19 pandemic: resilient organisational response to a low-chance, high-impact event

BMJ Leader ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 109-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
McKenzie Lloyd-Smith
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Setting ◽  
Healthcare Systems ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
High Impact ◽  
Healthcare Sector ◽  
Shared Understanding ◽  
Impact Event ◽  
Major Earthquake

The global healthcare sector is currently in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, a ‘low-chance, high-impact’ event which will require healthcare systems, and the organisations within them, to maintain organisational resilience in order to respond effectively. However, contrary to the instinctive reaction to tighten control, the quality of response depends on healthcare systems’ capacity to loosen control and, subsequently, enhance improvisation. Three factors critical to enhancing an organisation’s capacity for improvisation are highlighted; increasing autonomy, maintaining structure and creating a shared understanding. By drawing on the case of Christchurch Hospital’s response to a major earthquake, this paper demonstrates the vital role that improvisation can play within a clinical setting, when responding to a low-chance, high-impact event.

Monitoring, Risk Assessment and Actuation for Alzheimer Patients: A Case Study

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernando Luís-Ferreira ◽  
João Gião ◽  
Pedro Corista ◽  
Jorge Calado ◽  
Joao Sarraipa
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Alzheimer Disease ◽  
Life Expectancy ◽  
Dementia Patients ◽  
Personal Finances ◽  
Memory Faults

Alzheimer is one of the most frequent types of dementia. With the increasing extension of life expectancy, and an increasing incidence above sixty-five years. Near to thirteen million cases are foreseen in 2050 with an estimate cost above two hundred billion dollars in associated care expenses. It becomes important to take measures to ensure quality of life to patients, carers and promote the sustainability of public and personal finances. The major concerns with those patients are memory faults with the tendency for wandering and get lost. The present work proposes a solution for permanent monitoring, risk assessment and reaction, when needed, while extending battery autonomy for the worn device. Data is periodically uploaded to be processed and analysed in a remote infrastructure such as FIWARE. The aim is to establish profiles that better adapt to each citizen of the evergrowing community of dementia patients, including those with Alzheimer disease.

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