Consideration the Effect of E-health system on Economic in Iran†

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationships between Ehealth expenditure and economic growth in the case of Iran; with this regard we use annually data (1970-2011). 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. The results show that variables of the ratio of E-health expenditure to GDP, the ratio of investment to GDP and Growth rate of graduates have positive effect on growth rate.

Keywords: E-health expenditure, Economic growth, Vector Autoregressive Model (VAR).