CONVERGENCE OF HEALTH IN TURKEY AND MENA COUNTRIES: PANEL UNIT ROOT TEST

Due to the significant impact of health spending on economic growth it is important at examination of convergence in terms of health. In this study it has been investigated by unit root test convergence of health policies between 1995 and 2014 in Turkey and MENA Countries. It is seen that there is a cross-sectional dependency in the study. Then the CADF panel unit root test was applied from the second generation panel unit root tests. In the analysis findings, there was no convergence in health expenditures and convergence rate in the infant mortality rate was observed as health output. The lack of convergence in MENA countries in terms of health expenditures indicates that the remaining MENA countries don’t reach the level of health expenditures to catch the leading countries