Productivity change of national health systems in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean region: application of DEA-based Malmquist productivity index.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The pursuit of efficiency and productivity is one of the goals of health systems. In the era of Sustainable Development Goals and particularly the move towards universal health coverage, it is imperative to curb wastage of resources to ensure sustainable access of the population to needed and effective health services without enduring financial hardship. This study aims to assess total factor productivity change of national health systems of 20 countries in the WHO's Eastern Mediterranean Region.

Methods

Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA)-based Malmquist index is used to assess total factor productivity change and its components - efficiency change and technical change. To assess the robustness of the Malmquist index estimates, bootstrapping was performed. Outputs us

SUBMITTER: Masri MD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6069987 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature