Korelace mezi vývojem HDP a výdaji na zdraví v zemích V4

This study analyzes economic growth and its impact on total health expenditure in the Visegrad Group countries. It defines the concept of health as an important part of human capital and explains its role in the economic growth discussion. It also deals with the analysis of one of the main determinants of health, namely health expenditure. The practical part focuses on the analysis of the impact of GDP on total health expenditure and income-elasticity of healthcare in the Visegrad Group countries in the period of 2000-2017. Fixed effect model was used to estimate the income-elasticity of healthcare in the V4 countries. The result showed that an increase by 1 % in GDP per capita led to an increase in total health expenditure per capita by 0.80 % on average in all countries. Finally, the work confirmed both established hypotheses, i.e. the positive effect of HPD on total health expenditure in the V4 countries and the income-elasticity of healthcare less than 1.