TY - JOUR AU - Istaiteyeh, Rasha M.S. AU - Ismail, Mohd Tahir PY - 2017 TI - Stationarity and Cointegration between Health Care Expenditure and GDP for Jordan JF - American Journal of Applied Sciences VL - 14 IS - 7 DO - 10.3844/ajassp.2017.682.689 UR - https://thescipub.com/abstract/ajassp.2017.682.689 AB - This paper explores the Granger-causality relationship between real GDP per capita and real health care expenditure per capita for Jordan during 1995 through 2013. The findings point out that the dominant type of Granger-causality is unidirectional. Furthermore, income elasticity of health expenditure is less than 1, which means that health care is a necessary good in Jordan. To this end, policies must be aimed at raising national income to improve eventually the well-being of the population.