427090

The Relationship between Economic Growth and Health Care Expenditure in Kuwait

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Last updated: 11 May 2025

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Agricultural economics

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.

DOI

10.21608/asejaiqjsae.2025.427090

Keywords

Health Services, Health labor force, hospitals, GDP, human capital

Authors

First Name

Walaa

Last Name

Ali Mohamed

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Affiliation

Assistant Professor, Cairo University, Egypt.

Email

walaaali82@agr.cu.edu.eg

City

القاهرة

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First Name

Jarrah

Last Name

Motlak Dughaim Alkhaldi

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Affiliation

General Agency of Practical Education, Kuwait.

Email

jarah_55@hotmail.com

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First Name

Lafi

Last Name

Mubarak Saad Alazmi

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Affiliation

General Agency of Practical Education, Kuwait.

Email

drlafy1991@gmail.com

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الكويت

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Volume

46

Article Issue

2

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55036

Issue Date

2025-06-01

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2025-03-25

Publish Date

2025-06-30

Page Start

337

Page End

346

Print ISSN

1110-0176

Online ISSN

2536-9784

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https://asejaiqjsae.journals.ekb.eg/article_427090.html

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Original Article

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53

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Publication Title

Alexandria Science Exchange Journal

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https://asejaiqjsae.journals.ekb.eg/

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The Relationship between Economic Growth and Health Care Expenditure in Kuwait

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Created At

11 May 2025