Efficiency and productivity of the health systems of the countries of the European Union.
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https://doi.org/10.25115/eea.v37i2.2613Keywords:
Health systems, efficiency, DEA-bootstrap, Malmquist indexAbstract
In this paper the technical efficiency of the health systems of 28 UE countries is analyzed. Such analysis assumes the cross-efficiency calculations and the valuation of productivity changes between the years 2012-2015. The source of data is the Eurostat online database. DEA- bootstrap is applied and Malmquist index are calculated. The results appears co confirm that EU countries have suffered a small increase in productivity in HS, which is related with positive changes in efficiency but not in technology. Even so, further research should be necessary to find the latent factors to explain the productivity levels of the HS in EU.
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