Measuring the impact of government health investment spending on some indicators of the effectiveness of the government health sector for the period (2012 - 2021)

Abstract

The research aims to clarify the impact of government health investment spending on some indicators of the effectiveness of the health sector during the period 2012-2021. The problem of the study was summarized by the decline in investment spending in the health sector and its inability to advance this vital sector. As for the goal, the study sought to shed light on the importance and role of government investment spending in the health sector. Accordingly, the basic hypothesis was based on the weakness of the impact of the aforementioned spending in the health sector. To cover the research topic, the most important theoretical concepts of government health investment spending were addressed the importance and components of government health investment spending in Iraq. As for the practical aspect, the ARDL model was adopted, through which the hypothesis was proven and it became clear that the impact of government health investment spending was weak due to the lack of investment allocations for the health sector. Finally, the research adopted several recommendations, the most important of which is that the government should raise the level of government health investment spending, enhance the development of the health industry and enhance sustainable economic growth in Iraq.