A Review of the Impact of E-health on Economic Growth in developed countries and developing countries

Abstract

E-health is one of the most important assets a human being has. It permits us to fully develop our capacities. If this asset erodes or it is not developed completely, it can cause physical and emotional weakening, causing obstacles in the lives of people. E-health is relatively a new term in e-healthcare and has no clear definition to date. In this paper, we define e-health as consisting of all Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) tools and services in e-health care. This use of ICT in e-health care offers great potential in terms of benefits that range from improvements in quality and better access of all citizens to care to avoidance of unnecessary cost to the public purse. The results show that the e-health services determinant was of greater significance than the rest of the determinants, it is interesting to see that the environment determinant is rejected in most of the specifications compared with lifestyles. In addition, it is seen that lifestyles, which have an impact on e-health status, have a higher impact on economic growth.

Key words: E-health, Economic Growth, environment, GLS Model.