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## Background: Determinants of health or health production function in health economics literature constitute noticeable issues in health promotion. this study aimed at estimating a health production function for east mediterranean region (emr) based on the grossman theoretical model. ## Methods: This ecological study was performed using the econometric methods. the panel data model was used in order to determine the relationship between life expectancy and socioeconomic factors. the data for 21 emr countries between 1995 and 2007 were used. fixed-effect-model was employed to estimate the parameters based on hausman test. ## Results: In estimating the health production function, factors such as income per capita (β=0.05, p<0.001), education index (β=0.07, p<0.001), food availability (β=0.01, p<0.001), level of urbanisation (β=0.10, p<0.001), and employment ratio (β=0.11, p<0.001) were specified as determinants of health status, proxied by life expectancy at birth. a notable result was the elasticity of life expectancy with respect to the employment rate and its significance level was different between males (β=0.13, p 0.001). ## Conclusion: In order to improve the health status in

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Author

Bayati, Mohsen; Akbarian, Reza; Kavosi, Zahra

Publisher

International Society for Phytocosmetic Sciences; Kerman University of Medical Science; Maad Rayan Publishing Company (ISSN 2322-5939)

Published

2013

Language

EN

Field

Health Professions (Health Sciences)