مجلة البشائر الاقتصادية
Volume 10, Numéro 3, Pages 486-498
2024-12-14

Health Systems Efficiency In Arabic Countries Region: Using Data Envelopment Analysis

Authors : Guerriche Mohammed . Bouchareb Nasser . Morad Ismail .

Abstract

This study seeks to identify the Arab countries that are more efficient than others in utilizing their profitability concerning health resources. It evaluated the technical efficiency of the Arab countries for the year 2020 by employing data obtained from the WHO’s Global Health Observatory. As per the results of the study, the health systems of the most efficient countries were found to be in Algeria, Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Morocco, Qatar, and Tunisia. In contrast, inefficient countries in the health system were Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Lebanon, and Saudi Arabia.

Keywords

Efficiency, Resource allocation, Health care economics and organizations, data envelopment analysis model, Arabic Countries Region.