Predictors of life expectancy at birth in Türkiye: A longitudinal study

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dc.contributor.authorÇavmak, Doğancan
dc.contributor.authorBeyaz Sipahi, Fatma Banu
dc.contributor.authorSöyler, Sait
dc.date.accessioned2025-03-17T12:22:53Z
dc.date.available2025-03-17T12:22:53Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.departmentTarsus Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractObjective: The aim of this study is to examine the impact of social, behavioral, economic, and healthcare system-related factors on life expectancy at birth in Türkiye. Methods: Enrollment rate in tertiary education, tobacco consumption gram per capita, out-of-pocket payments (OOPHE), and Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita were included as predictors. The data were obtained from the database of the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD), World Bank, and Health Statistics Yearbooks published by the Ministry of the Health in Türkiye for 2000-2019. Johansen Cointegration test was used to define the existence of the long-run statistical relationship between life expectancy at birth and the predictors. Results: Enrollment rate in tertiary education, GDP per capita, and out-of-pocket payments are positively associated with life expectancy, while tobacco consumption gram per capita has a negative association. It has been concluded that short-term deviations from the equilibrium, using an error correction model, will reach long-term equilibrium approximately one year later. Granger causality test and the estimation result revealed that enrollment rate in tertiary education, tobacco consumption, out-of-pocket health expenditure, and GDP per capita are the short-term and long-term determinants of life expectancy at birth. Conclusion: This study provides important evidence for policymakers to allocate resources to the social, behavioral, healthcare-related, and economic determinants of health status to increase life expectancy. In addition, the determination of out-of-pocket payments have a positive relationship with life expectancy gives a clue about the need to make more efforts regarding the economic accessibility of healthcare services in the Turkish health system. © 2024 by the Association of Public Health Specialist.
dc.identifier.doi10.20518/tjph.1359711
dc.identifier.endpage135
dc.identifier.issn1304-1096
dc.identifier.issue2
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85202519020
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ4
dc.identifier.startpage125
dc.identifier.trdizinid1277632
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.20518/tjph.1359711
dc.identifier.urihttps://search.trdizin.gov.tr/tr/yayin/detay/1277632
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13099/1448
dc.identifier.volume22
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakTR-Dizin
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherTurkish Society of Public Health Specialists
dc.relation.ispartofTurkish Journal of Public Health
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_Scopus_20250316
dc.subjectHealth Economics
dc.subjectHealth Management
dc.subjectJohansen Cointegration Analysis
dc.subjectLife Expectancy
dc.titlePredictors of life expectancy at birth in Türkiye: A longitudinal study
dc.typeArticle

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