Excavating Future Challenges: An Analysis of Health Systems of One Hundred-Six Countries

Abdul Basit, Waheed Asghar, Abdul Aziz Khan Niazi and Tehmina Fiaz Qazi

Journal of Business and Social Review in Emerging Economies, 2021, vol. 7, issue 2, 219-230

Abstract: Purpose: Health system of a country is backbone of economy. It has fundamental importance in sustainable development of a country. Aim of this article is to excavate future challenges to health system of selected 106 countries.Design/Methodology/Approach: It is a country level comparative analysis of health risk factors. Design of the study includes review of literature, data extraction and analysis. The cross-sectional secondary data has been drawn from website of World Development Indicators (WDI) 2020. Grey relational analysis is used as technique of investigation.Findings: Results show that majorly, member countries of Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) have exceptionally high grey relational grade, therefore, are considered to be countries having less future health risks, whereas, Southern African Development Community (SADC) have exceptionally low grey relational grade, therefore, have high future health risk.Implications/Originality/Value: It is a unique study using different dataset and methods that provides valuable insights to political governments, researchers and health system managers. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&

Keywords: Countries; Future challenges; GRA; Health risk; Health system (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.26710/jbsee.v7i2.1640

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