The Efficiency of Healthcare Systems in Europe: a Data Envelopment Analysis Approach

Laura Asandului, Monica Roman () and Puiu Fatulescu

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Abstract: This paper aims at evaluating the efficiency of public healthcare systems in Europe by applying a nonparametric method such is Data Envelopment Analysis. For this purpose, statistical data for 30 European states for 2010 have been used. We have selected three output variables: life expectancy at birth, health adjusted life expectancy and infant mortality rate and three input variables: number of doctors, number of hospital beds and public health expenditures as percentage of GDP. Findings reveal that there are a number of both developed and developing countries on the efficiency frontier, while the great majority of the countries in the sample are inefficient.

Keywords: healthcare system; efficiency; data envelopment analysis; Europe (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I15 R11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013-10, Revised 2014-04
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