Performance evaluation of national healthcare systems in the prevention and treatment of non-communicable diseases in sub-Saharan Africa.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) remain a major public health concern globally, threatening the achievement of sustainable development goal 3.4 (SDG 3.4), which seeks to reduce premature NCD-related deaths by one-third by 2030. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), improving the efficiency of NCD spending (i.e., maximizing the impact of every dollar spent on NCDs) is one of the strategic approaches for achieving SDG target 3.4. This study aims to assess the efficiency and productivity of NCDs spending in 34 sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries from 2015 to 2019.

Methods

The study employed the data envelopment analysis (DEA) double-bootstrap truncated and Tobit regressions, one-stage stochastic frontier analysis (SFA) model, the Malmquist productivity in

SUBMITTER: Arhin K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10653434 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature