وثيقة
Health systems efficiency in Eastern Mediterranean region : a data envelopment analysis.
المعرف
DOI: 10.1186/s12962-020-00217-9
المصدر
Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation. v. 18 (1), 22 [1-7].
المساهمون
Nejad, Farhad Nosrati., مؤلف
Basakha, Mehdi., مؤلف
الدولة
United Kingdom.
مكان النشر
London
الناشر
BioMed Central Ltd.
ميلادي
2020-07-13
اللغة
الأنجليزية
الملخص الإنجليزي
Background: One of the most important issues in public policy and welfare state is health care. Poor management leads to the waste of resources, including money, human resources, facilities, and equipment. Aims: This paper seeks to answer the question of which eastern Mediterranean countries are more effective in allocating their health resources, and does Iran, in relation to those countries, have an effective health system. Methods: This study examined technical efficiency among eastern Mediterranean countries in 2018. Data were extracted from Global Health Observatory data World Health Organization. We applied input-oriented Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) models to estimate efficiency scores. Inputs are Physicians density per 10,000 populations, Total hospital beds per 10,000 populations, Current expenditure on health, % of gross domestic product and outputs are infant survival rate and Life expectancy. Results: The most efficient health systems in the eastern Mediterranean were Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Tunisia and the United Arab Emirates. The inefficient countries are Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Palestine and Saudi Arabia. Conclusions: Among the efficient countries, one category of high-entry countries such as Bahrain and Qatar with high input especially in health expenditure had higher output. The second group of countries with lower inputs such as Iran and Morocco has been able to produce similar output with other countries. Also, inefficiency in countries such as Saudi Arabia can be attributed to this with higher input such as health expenditure has lower output such life expectancy and infant survival rate.
ISSN
1478-7547
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