An Investigation About Health Spending Efficiency in Transition Economies

Abstract

“Efficiency” concept means to have maximum output with given input. IMF and World Bank define ex socialist countries as transitions that transform resource allocation mechanism central planning to market system accompined with prefering private property instead of public property. Measurement of institutional changes in order to build market system -especially for health system- is an important indicator to determine affect of transformations. Aim of this study is to analyze affect of building market system on health expenditure during transitions and post transitions period. Data Envelopment Analysis is applied in order to compare transition countries efficiency level for years 20002013

Keywords

• Transition Economies, Health Expenditure, Data Envelopment Analysis

Geçiş Ekonomilerinde Sağlık Harcamalarının Etkinliği Üzerine Bir İnceleme

Abstract

Kaynakların etkin kullanımı, mevcut girdilerle elde edilebilecek en yüksek çıktı düzeyine ulaşmayı ifade eden bir kavramdır. Kaynak tahsis mekanizmasında merkezi planlamacı devletin yerini serbest piyasanın aldığı, kamu mülkiyetinin ise yerini özel mülkiyete bıraktığı eski sosyalist ülkeler, IMF ve Dünya Bankası tarafından geçiş ekonomisi olarak adlandırılmaktır. Bu ülkelerde piyasa sisteminin kurumsallaşması için yapılan düzenlemelerin özellikle sağlık alanında yarattığı etkilerin ölçülmesi, yaşanan dönüşümün etkilerinin belirlenmesinde önemli bir göstergedir. Bu çalışmanın amacı; geçiş süreci boyunca ve sonrasında piyasa sisteminin tesis edilmesinin sağlık harcamalarının etkinliği üzerine etkisini test etmektir. Çalışmada Veri Zarflama Analizi kullanılarak, 2000-2013 yılları arasında ülkelerin etkinlik düzeyleri kıyaslanmıştır

Keywords

• Geçiş Ekonomileri, Sağlık Harcamaları, Veri Zarflama Analizi

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