Longitudinal analysis of the impact of emergency department numbers on healthy life expectancy and mortality levels

In this research, it was aimed to examine the impact of emergency department numbers on healthy life expectancy and mortality at the multivariate level. Ministry of Health Annual Reports, World Health Organization (WHO) Global Health Observatory database and the World Bank Country Reports were used as data gathering. Healthy Life (HALE) at birth and Healthy Life at age 60, suicide, disease and maternal mortality rates were used as dependent variables. The number of emergency services was used as an independent variable, whereas Gross Domestic Product per capita (GDP) and health expenditures were used as controlling variables. Number of emergency services was significantly correlated with HALE at birth (r=0.936; p