Abstract
The motivation of this study is to analyze the relationship between economic growth, health expenditures, environmental pollution, gross fixed capital formation and labor force by using annual data of E7 countries for the period 2000 to 2018. The co-integration coefficient of the variables was analyzed using the PMG technique, and the causality relationship between the variables was analyzed using the Emirmahmutoglu F, Kose N. Testing for granger causality in heterogeneous mixed panels. Econ Modell 2011;28:870–6 technique. In the empirical findings, the elasticity coefficient of health expenditures, environmental pollution, gross fixed capital formation and labor force variables is positive and significant. On the other hand, in the results of the causality relationship, it was concluded that economic growth and health expenditures are causal. It is concluded that economic growth is causal to CO2 emissions. In addition, CO2 emissions are the cause of health expenditures. As a result of the empirical findings obtained, the implementation of policies that will reduce environmental pollution in the perspective of sustainable growth will also affect health expenditures.
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Research funding: None declared.
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Author contributions: All authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this manuscript and approved its submission.
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Competing interests: Authors state no competing of interest.
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Informed consent: Informed consent was obtained from all individuals included in this study.
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Ethical approval: The local Institutional Review Board deemed the study exempt from review.
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- Frontmatter
- Reviews
- E-waste in Vietnam: a narrative review of environmental contaminants and potential health risks
- Knowledge mapping and research trends of the social determinants of health (SDoH): a scientometric analysis
- Hospital wastewater treatment methods and its impact on human health and environments
- Associated health risk assessment due to exposure to BTEX compounds in fuel station workers
- Associations between fine particulate matter and colorectal cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis
- Health effects of air pollutant mixtures (volatile organic compounds, particulate matter, sulfur and nitrogen oxides) – a review of the literature
- Status and frontier analysis of indoor PM2.5-related health effects: a bibliometric analysis
- Relationship between parental exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields and primarily hematopoietic neoplasms (lymphoma, leukemia) and tumors in the central nervous system in children: a systematic review
- Blood and hair copper levels in childhood autism spectrum disorder: a meta-analysis based on case-control studies
- Cellular and molecular effects of non-ionizing electromagnetic fields
- Benzo (a) pyrene in infant foods: a systematic review, meta-analysis, and health risk assessment
- Relationship between exposure to heavy metals on the increased health risk and carcinogenicity of urinary tract (kidney and bladder)
- The nexus between economic growth, health expenditure, environmental quality: a comparative study for E7 countries
- Potentially toxic elements in the environment – a review of sources, sinks, pathways and mitigation measures
- Assessment of medical waste generation rate in Viet Nam
- A scoping review of waterborne and water-related disease in the Florida environment from 1999 to 2022
- Effects of man-made electromagnetic fields on heart rate variability parameters of general public: a systematic review and meta-analysis of experimental studies
- Letter to the Editor
- Environmental perspectives of monkeypox virus: correspondence