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The efficiency of the healthcare systems in EU countries – A DEA analysis

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  • Gheorghiţa Dincă

    (Department of Finance, Accounting and Economic Theory, Faculty of Economic Sciences and Business Administration, Transilvania University of Braşov, B-dul Eroilor 29, Braşov 500036, Romania)

  • Marius Sorin Dincă

    (Department of Finance, Accounting and Economic Theory, Faculty of Economic Sciences and Business Administration, Transilvania University of Braşov, B-dul Eroilor 29, Braşov 500036, Romania)

  • Maria Letiţia Andronic

    (Department of Finance, Accounting and Economic Theory, Faculty of Economic Sciences and Business Administration, Transilvania University of Braşov, B-dul Eroilor 29, Braşov 500036, Romania
    University of Tartu, Center for EU–Russia Studies, Tartu, Estonia)

Abstract

The objective of this paper is to identify the most efficient healthcare systems in a sample of 17 EU Member States. According to the health system financing schemes, the selected countries belong to two main groups, Beveridge and Bismarck. The research includes five input variables describing the financial and human resources, the level of health infrastructure, the medical technology and the healthcare utilization. On the output side we analysed four measures that reflect the overall health status of the population and the effectiveness of prevention and emergency care. Using the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) method, the most efficient healthcare systems are found in Sweden, the UK and Romania. The constraints applied for all the indicators and scenarios lead to higher or lower inefficiency scores, the Beveridge group being on average more efficient than the Bismarck one.

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  • Gheorghiţa Dincă & Marius Sorin Dincă & Maria Letiţia Andronic, 2020. "The efficiency of the healthcare systems in EU countries – A DEA analysis," Acta Oeconomica, Akadémiai Kiadó, Hungary, vol. 70(1), pages 19-36, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:aka:aoecon:v:70:y:2020:i:1:p:19-36
    DOI: 10.1556/032.2020.00002
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    1. Marius Sorin Dincă & Gheorghiţa Dincă & Maria Letiţia Andronic & Anna Maria Pasztori, 2021. "Assessment of the European Union’s Educational Efficiency," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(6), pages 1-29, March.

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    Keywords

    healthcare system; Data Envelopment Analysis; efficiency scores; efficiency frontier;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • H21 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Efficiency; Optimal Taxation
    • H51 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Government Expenditures and Health
    • H75 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - State and Local Government: Health, Education, and Welfare
    • I11 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Analysis of Health Care Markets
    • I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health

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