本文提供了對國內生產總值與全民醫療保健如何促進經濟增長之間關係的理解。本文提到的變量是預期壽命、醫療保健支出、自付費用和國內生產總值。 經濟增長將使用國內生產總值來衡量，使用 1995 年至 2014 年間的年度數據樣本。線性回歸被用作分析數據的統計技術。 本文表明，擁有全民健康覆蓋的經合組織國家伴隨著經濟增長。

This paper provides an understanding of the relationship between the Gross Domestic Product and how universal health care contributes to economic growth. The variables that are mentioned in this paper are life expectancy, health care expenditure, out-of-pocket payments and gross domestic product. The economic growth would be measured using Gross Domestic Product, using an annual data sample between 1995 to 2014. Linear regression was used as the statistical technique to analyse the data. This paper shows that OECD countries that have universal health coverage are accompanied with economic growth.

Acknowledgements ………………………………………………………………….………. i
Abstract ……………………………………………………………………………..……… iii
Abstract (Chinese) ……………………………………………………………………..…… v
Table of Contents ………………………………………………………………………….. vii

1 Introduction ………………………………………………………………………………. 1
1.1 Background and Context ………………………………………………………... 1
1.2 Problem Statement ………………………………………………………...……. 1
1.3 Research Question ………………………………………………………………. 1
1.4 Relevance and Importance of the Research …………………………………….. 2

2 Literature Review ………………………………………………………………………… 3
2.1 Theories and Studies …………………………………………………………….. 3
2.2 Debates and Controversies ………………………………………………………. 3
2.3 Brief Descriptions of Countries used ……………………………………………. 4
2.4 Hypothesis ……………………………………………………………………… 11

3 Research and Design Methods …………………………………………………………. 15
3.1 Data …………………………………………………………………………….. 15
3.2 Model …………………………………………………………………………... 15
3.3 Research Design ………………………………………..……………………… 16

4 Estimation and Discussion of Results …………………………………………………. 19
4.1 Results …………………………………………………………………………. 19

5 Conclusion …………………………………………………………………………….…. 29

References …………………………………………………………………………………. 31

Appendix …………………………………………………………………………………... 41

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