Determinants of primary healthcare efficiency in the Brazilian Legal Amazon: A hybrid approach using Data Envelopment Analysis and Tobit regression

Luís Filipe Azevedo de Oliveira, Fernanda Araujo Baião, Fernando Luiz Cyrino Oliveira and Igor Tona Peres

Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 2025, vol. 101, issue C

Abstract: •Efficiency was evaluated using bootstrapped DEA with 1000 replications.•Productive, technical, and scale efficiency were assessed for 2019 and 2022.•Tobit regression models explained inefficiency based on Lasso-selected variables.•Urban infrastructure and proximity to capitals shaped municipal inefficiency.•The study provides robust insights for health policy in remote Amazonian areas.

Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1016/j.seps.2025.102257

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