Effects on economic growth of health expenditures: An evaluation for Turkey

. In this study, the effects of health expenditures on economic growth in Turkey were assessed between 1985 and 2015, Much of the work done in the past has generally emphasized the role of human capital in the process of economic growth and has focused on the relationship between education and economic growth. The real effect of health on economic growth in the study was investigated. Data used to qualify the healthcare industry; Per capita GDP figures were used in order to represent health expenditure per capita, public health expenditure per capita, private health expenditure per capita and economic growth. After the data were collected, the results were evaluated by applying the Granger Causality Test and the Unit Root test. As a result of analysis; The result is that there is no causality relationship between per capita annual gross domestic product and per capita health spending. It has therefore been determined that health spending is not influenced by economic growth.