Estimating the efficiency of the system of healthcare financing in achieving better health

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dc.citation.epage1488en_US
dc.citation.issueNumber13en_US
dc.citation.spage1477en_US
dc.citation.volumeNumber38en_US
dc.contributor.authorGrosskopf, S.en_US
dc.contributor.authorSelf, S.en_US
dc.contributor.authorZaim, O.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-08T10:18:40Z
dc.date.available2016-02-08T10:18:40Z
dc.date.issued2006en_US
dc.departmentDepartment of Economicsen_US
dc.description.abstractThis paper contributes to the effort to model and measure how the method of financing of health expenditure affects the efficiency with which better health can be achieved. The focus is on the health system efficiency at the country level, which provides an alternative to the work done in the WHO in this regard. The approach uses frontier techniques as in the WHO studies; however the paper appeals to the economic index number theory of quantity and productivity indexes, which have well-established axiomatic properties, and provides a means for aggregating multiple health output proxies without having to attach arbitrary weights. This allows the proposal of a specification that embeds health sector performance in a broader index of economic inputs and outputs and allows for comparisons across countries and time. © 2006 Taylor & Francis.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/00036840500424798en_US
dc.identifier.eissn1466-4283
dc.identifier.issn0003-6846
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11693/23756
dc.language.isoEnglishen_US
dc.publisherRoutledgeen_US
dc.relation.isversionofhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00036840500424798en_US
dc.source.titleApplied Economicsen_US
dc.subjectHealth careen_US
dc.subjectHealth expenditureen_US
dc.subjectHealth insuranceen_US
dc.subjectWorld Health Organizationen_US
dc.titleEstimating the efficiency of the system of healthcare financing in achieving better healthen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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