@article{article_421180, title={A MULTI-STAGE EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS OF OECD HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS}, journal={Yönetim ve Ekonomi Araştırmaları Dergisi}, volume={16}, pages={264–285}, year={2018}, DOI={10.11611/yead.421180}, author={Bekaroğlu, Can and Heffley, Dennis}, keywords={Healthcare,Efficiency,DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS,DEA,OECD}, abstract={<p class="MsoNormal"> <i> <span lang="tr" xml:lang="tr">This
paper measures the multi-stage technical efficiency of healthcare systems across
OECD Countries between 2000 and 2011, based on a 34 country panel data set,
taking into account the impact of environmental variables and health
expenditure levels. We measure technical efficiencies in a two-stage
process—the production of health services and the subsequent provision of
health outcomes—using output-oriented Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). An
overall inefficiency of 3.05% across OECD countries translates into an average
loss of 1.38 years of life expectancy at birth and an additional 0.75 infant
deaths per 1000 live births, exacerbated by environmental variables and
inadequate healthcare spending, almost doubling the total OECD outcome loss to
5.65%, or 2.4 years of life expectancy and 1.5 infant deaths per 1000 live
births. Measured inefficiency is split 21%/79% between production and
provision. The type of inefficiencies exhibited, the solutions to these, and
the resulting policy implications vary greatly. </span> </i> </p> <p> <br /> </p>}, number={2}, publisher={Bandirma Onyedi Eylul University}