Assessing the efficiency of Iran health system in making progress towards universal health coverage: a comparative panel data analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Building upon decades of continuous reforms, Iran has been implementing various initiatives to reach universal health coverage (UHC). Improving efficiency is a crucial intermediate policy objective for UHC. Therefore, this article aimed to measure the efficiency and productivity changes of the Iranian health system in making progress towards UHC during 2010-2015 in comparison with 36 selected other upper-middle-income countries.

Methods

We used panel data to measure the variations in technical efficiency (TE) and total factor productivity (TFP) through an extended data envelopment analysis (EDEA) and Malmquist productivity index, respectively. General government health expenditure (GGHE) per capita (International dollar) was selected as the input variable. Service

SUBMITTER: Sajadi HS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7324989 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature