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Human capital refers to investments in all kind oft o increase skills and abilities of individuals. For this reason, the expenditures in health and education are considered as human capital investment. A healty population accelerates economic growth, contiruting to human capital of countries. This study involves the covergence of health indicators as human capital. Convergence of health for 18 OECD countries in 1980-2008 years is analyzed by panel unit root test. The findings reveal that mortality rates and life expectancy at birth are stationary, but rate of health expenditures to GDP non-statioanry

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