EFFECT OF HEALTHCARE EXPENDITURE ON THE CORRELATION BETWEEN THE NUMBER OF NURSES AND DOCTORS EMPLOYED

Authors : Abdulkadir ATALAN

Pages : 515-525

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Publication Date : 2021-07-29

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Aim: The aim of this study is to analyze the correlation between the numbers of doctors and nurses, as well as the effect of health expenditure insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(HE); on the employment of doctors and nurses. Methods: The study data belong to the Turkish health system and cover the years 1975-2018. The amount of HE data was handled as the ratio of Turkey to national income insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(GDP);. Pearson correlation test and linear regression model methods were used in this study. The doctor-nurse ratio was examined in order to see the interaction levels of the relationship between the doctor and the nurse apart from the correlation. Findings: There is a strong correlation between nurse and doctor employment, and the correlation value was calculated as 0.973 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p-value=0.001, n=44 samples);. Correlation coefficients between dependent variables and independent insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(HE); variables were analyzed as 0.715 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p-value=0.001); for nurse employment and 0.840 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p-value=0.001); for physician employment, respectively. Conclusion: The amount of HE was very effective on both the number of physicians and the nurses based on the regression analysis.
Keywords : The number of physicians, The number of physicians, The number of nurses, Healthcare expenditure, Pearson correlation, Linear regression model