Health systems efficiency in China and ASEAN, 2015-2020: a DEA-Tobit and SFA analysis application.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the health systems efficiency in China and Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries from 2015 to 2020.

Design

Health efficiency analysis using data envelopment analysis (DEA) and stochastic frontier approach analysis.

Setting

Health systems in China and ASEAN countries.

Methods

DEA-Malmquist model and SFA model were used to analyse the health system efficiency among China and ASEAN countries, and the Tobit regression model was employed to analyse the factors affecting the efficiency of health system among these countries.

Results

In 2020, the average technical efficiency, pure technical efficiency and scale efficiency of China and 10 ASEAN countries' health systems were 0.700, 1 and 0.701, respectively. The average t

SUBMITTER: Kang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10496685 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature