The Efficiency of Healthcare Systems in Europe: A Data Envelopment Analysis Approach
| Autor: | Monica Roman, Puiu Fatulescu, Laura Asandului |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Actuarial science healthcare system efficiency data envelopment analysis Europe Public health Healthcare System General Engineering Nonparametric statistics Energy Engineering and Power Technology Developing country Efficient frontier Sample (statistics) Efficiency Infant mortality Europe jel:I15 Data Envelopment Analysis medicine Data envelopment analysis Life expectancy Business jel:R11 |
| Zdroj: | Procedia Economics and Finance. 10:261-268 |
| ISSN: | 2212-5671 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s2212-5671(14)00301-3 |
| Popis: | This paper aims at evaluating the efficiency of public healthcare systems in Europe by applying a nonparametric method such is Data Envelopment Analysis. For this purpose, statistical data for 30 European states for 2010 have been used. We have selected three output variables: life expectancy at birth, health adjusted life expectancy and infant mortality rate and three input variables: number of doctors, number of hospital beds and public health expenditures as percentage of GDP. Findings reveal that there are a number of both developed and developing countries on the efficiency frontier, while the great majority of the countries in the sample are inefficient. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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