Economic Determinants of Public Health Care Expenditure in Zimbabwe

The research sought to investigate the main determinants of public health care expenditure in Zimbabwe, with an understanding that health care financing is an important aspect of successful health systems. The research investigated the determinants of the public health care expenditure of Zimbabwe using yearly time series data for the period 1975-2005. The Engle-Granger cointegration technique was used to explain the main factors that affect public health care expenditure in Zimbabwe. The empirical results show that the key determinants in the explanation of the public health expenditure are real GDP per capita income, literacy rate, inflation and foreign health aid per capita while population and life expectancy were statistically insignificant.