TY - JOUR T1 - “Effect of Economic Liberalization Elements on Health Indices” (Case Study: Selected Petroleum Exporting Countries) AU - Satari, Rajabali AU - Renani, Hossein Sharifi JO - International Business Management VL - 10 IS - 17 SP - 3964 EP - 3972 PY - 2016 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1993-5250 DO - ibm.2016.3964.3972 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=ibm.2016.3964.3972 KW - Economic liberalization KW -health indices KW -petroleum exporting countries KW -panel data KW -Iran AB - Dynamism of members of a community and quality of their presence at various economic and social arenas has a special position in today world. Paying attention to people’s health and how economic factors impact on health indices is assumed as one of the most essential topics in decisions made by directors in a country. Similarly, paying attention to direct and indirect impacts of health in various fields and addressing its portion in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and considering it as a parameter to measure development in any country and noticing the effective elements for it will be assumed as an inevitable issue. Economic liberalization (freedom) and investment in this field may improve health indices. The present study has analyzed the effect of economic liberalization elements including commercial liberalization, monetary freedom and financial liberalization on health indices in ten selected countries using panel data techniques during 1995-2014. The results derived from final approximation of models signify the positive effect of economic liberalization elements on the studied health indices in the selected nations. ER -