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Healthcare Efficiency And Elderly Mortality In Italy

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  • Rostand Arland Yebetchou Tchounkeu

    (Department of Economics and Social Sciences, Universita' Politecnica delle Marche)

  • Raffaella Santolini

    (Department of Economics and Social Sciences, Universita' Politecnica delle Marche)

  • Giulio Palomba

    (Department of Economics and Social Sciences, Universita' Politecnica delle Marche)

  • Elvina Merkaj

    (Department of Economics and Social Sciences, Universita' Politecnica delle Marche)

Abstract

The aim of this study is to assess the impact of healthcare efficiency on the mortality rate of elderly people aged 65 and 75 years old and over. To do this, we estimate a dynamic panel data model using the system generalised method of moments (SYS-GMM) on 106 Italian provinces over the period 2012-2019. To measure the efficiency index in the health sector, we apply the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) method. We also calculate the index via a bootstrap DEA method for robustness checks. Our results show that, on average, a 10% increase in healthcare efficiency at the Italian provincial level reduces the mortality rate of older adults by approximately 2% to 3%. Improving healthcare efficiency is crucial in enhancing the health services for the elderly and reduce mortality for this age group. Our findings could be helpful to policymakers in adopting measures that aim to increase healthcare efficiency, taking into account the specific needs of an aging population.

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  • Rostand Arland Yebetchou Tchounkeu & Raffaella Santolini & Giulio Palomba & Elvina Merkaj, 2024. "Healthcare Efficiency And Elderly Mortality In Italy," Working Papers 485, Universita' Politecnica delle Marche (I), Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Sociali.
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    • I10 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - General
    • I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health

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