Total productivity change of Health Centers in Greece in 2016-2018: a Malmquist index data envelopment analysis application for the primary health system of Greece.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This paper attempts to evaluate the primary health care system by evaluating health centres in Greece.

Methods

Malmquist Index Data Envelopment Analysis is applied to study the total productivity of 155 health centres in Greece during 2016-2018. The data were collected from the Ministry of Health and submitted to quality tests to ensure validity and avoid bias.

Results

This paper measures the productivity of each of the 155 health centres in Greece and how it shifted during 2016-2018. In addition, the overall productivity change of the 155 health centres over time is calculated and analysed as being due to technical efficiency or technological efficiency. The analysis of the mean values showed a decrease of 0.9% in the overall productivity factor from 2016

SUBMITTER: Trakakis A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8561945 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature