ECONOMETRIC MODELING OF ROMANIA’S PUBLIC HEALTHCARE
             EXPENSES – COUNTY PANEL STUDY

                     Ioan Alin Nistor, “Babeş-Bolyai” University of Cluj-Napoca
                  Viorela Ligia Văidean, “Babeş-Bolyai” University of Cluj-Napoca


ABSTRACT: The purpose of our paper is to analyze the per capita public healthcare expenditure of
Romania in relation to different exogenous explanatory variables, through a panel study upon the
forty one regions plus the capital city. The results of the four year panel study have been interpreted
and commented. Our regional public healthcare expenditure is explicated to a great extent by the
regional GDP. Other strong correlation variables were not found statistically significant.

Key words: public healthcare expenditure, panel data, correlation, fixed effects model.

JEL codes: H51, C23, C33