Evaluating health systems’ efficiency towards universal health coverage: A data envelopment analysis
| Autor: | Paul Eze MPH, Chidumebi Judith Idemili MSc, Lucky Osaheni Lawani FWACS, MD |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2024 |
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| Zdroj: | Inquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing, Vol 61 (2024) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 0046-9580 1945-7243 00469580 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/00469580241235759 |
| Popis: | To estimate the technical efficiency of health systems toward achieving universal health coverage (UHC) in 191 countries. We applied an output-oriented data envelopment analysis approach to estimate the technical efficiency of the health systems, including the UHC index (a summary measure that captures both service coverage and financial protection) as the output variable and per capita health expenditure, doctors, nurses, and hospital bed density as input variables. We used a Tobit simple-censored regression with bootstrap analysis to observe the socioeconomic and environmental factors associated with efficiency estimates. The global UHC index improved from the 2019 estimates, ranged from 48.4 (Somalia) to 94.8 (Canada), with a mean of 76.9 (std. dev.: ±12.0). Approximately 78.5% (150 of 191) of the studied countries were inefficient (ϕ |
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