THE HEALTH SYSTEM PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF OECD COUNTRIES WITH DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS
International Conference of Strategic Research in Social Science and Education, Antalya, Turkey, 14 - 16 October 2016, vol.5, no.1, pp.187-221, (Full Text)
- Publication Type: Conference Paper / Full Text
- Volume: 5
- City: Antalya
- Country: Turkey
- Page Numbers: pp.187-221
- Istanbul University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
The effectiveness of the health system is one of the issues discussed frequently in recent years. It requires
us to question whether resources are utilized effectively or not since health spending is in the increasing
trend. The purpose of this study is to perform the analysis of the effectiveness of health systems in the
OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) countries. Firstly, the variables used to
assess the effectiveness of the health system have been identified with a comprehensive literature search.
After some health expenditure variables determined as input, some health status indicators determined as
output, the effectiveness analysis of 34 OECD countries for both 2000 and 2013 years have been carried
out with Data Envelopment analysis (DEA). In addition, the countries have been evaluated as a result of
the Mahalanobis distance and decreased to 27 countries, on the final stage of analysis the countries have
been re-analyzed. While the number of the effective countries is 15 in 2000 from 34 OECD member
countries, the number of the effective countries has been decreased to 13 in 2013. In the last stage of the
study, the factors that determine a country’s effectivenesshave been discussed and some suggestions have
been developed.
Keywords: OECD, Efficiency, DEA, Performance, Health System