From income inequality to social inequity: impact on health levels in an international efficiency comparison panel.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Health equity, although addressed in several publications dealing with health efficiency analysis, is not easily translated into the operationalization of variables, mainly due to technical difficulties. Some studies provide evidence that it does not influence health outcomes; others demonstrate that its effect is an indirect one, with the hegemony of material living conditions over its social connotation. The aim of this article is to evaluate the role of health equity in determining health outcomes, in an international comparative analysis of the effectiveness and efficiency of health systems.

Method

Fixed Effects Model Panel and Data Envelopment Analysis, a dynamic and network model, in addition to comparative analysis between methods and health impacts. The ef

SUBMITTER: Schenkman S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8033748 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature