A Panel Data Approach to the Measurement of Health Technical Efficiency of Sub-Saharan Africa

Elham Torkian
Additional contact information
Elham Torkian: Islamic Azad University, Department of Economics, Khorasgan (Isfahan) Branch, Iran

Zagreb International Review of Economics and Business, 2015, vol. 18, issue 1, 1-15

Abstract: This study investigates technical efficiency of health production function in Sub-Saharan Africa. For this purpose, a stochastic production frontier model is estimated using fixed-effects panel data method over the period of 2000-2007. More specifically the impact of economic, social, and environmental factors in determining life expectancy at birth, as the dependent variable, is measured and evaluated. Overall, the results justify the important role of policymakers, who their proactive approaches should be given to activities that go beyond the health system to influence the main determinants of health i.e. socioeconomic and environmental factors in preventing infectious diseases, improving life expectancy and aid populations to access available resources. JEL Classification: C12; C23; I12; I15

Keywords: Sub-Saharan Africa; Health production function; Technical efficiency; Panel data (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.efzg.unizg.hr/default.aspx?id=22437 (text/html)
Abstract only available on-line

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:zag:zirebs:v:18:y:2015:i:1:p:1-15

Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from
Zagreb International Review of Economics and Business, Faculty of Economics and Business, Trg J. F. Kennedy 6, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
http://www.efzg.hr/default.aspx?id=6045

Access Statistics for this article

Zagreb International Review of Economics and Business is currently edited by Soumitra Sharma

More articles in Zagreb International Review of Economics and Business from Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Jurica Šimurina ( this e-mail address is bad, please contact ).