Albrecht, KaitlinDauner, KimSchultz, Jennifer2018-06-132018-06-1320171203S12061https://hdl.handle.net/11299/197791University Honors Capstone Project Paper and Poster, University of Minnesota Duluth, 2017. Kaitlin Albrecht authored paper and poster; Kim Dauner and Jennifer Schultz authored poster. Advisors: Dr. Ryan Goei and Dr. Dana Lindaman. Submitted in 2017 in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the Student Project for Amity among Nations (SPAN), as organized under Foreign Studies Seminar Program 5970W (Writing Intensive) at the University of Minnesota. This Project was completed in accordance with the Institutional Review Board Study Number 1203S12061.This paper examines the relationship between national healthcare spending and select health outcomes in Morocco using data collected from 1995 to 2015. The data used was gathered from international organizations, including the World Health Organization and the World Bank, as well as from Moroccan Ministry of Health reports. The objective was to determine whether the country’s healthcare expenditures had a significant impact on the improvement of key population health outcomes. This study uses infant, child, and maternal mortality rate as measures of health outcomes. Additionally, the study uses data collected from the previously mentioned sources to evaluate the percentage change from year to year for Morocco’s healthcare expenditure per capita, as well as the selected health outcomes. These results were then cross analyzed to determine whether or not there was a correlation that was statistically significant. The results indicate that there is a significant negative correlation between the national health expenditure per capita and health outcomes in Morocco. To provide further context, and improve the application of my findings, the same methodology was used to examine the United States of America.enUniversity of Minnesota DuluthMoroccanAmerican National healthcare expendituresPopulation health outcomesStudent Project for Amity among Nations (SPAN)HealthcareUniversity HonorsScholarly Text or Essay