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Assessing health efficiency across countries with a two-step and bootstrap analysis

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Summary:Regressing Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) output efficiency scores on nondiscretionary variables, with a two-stage DEA/Tobit and bootstrap procedures, we show that health inefficiency in Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries is related to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per head, education level, obesity and smoking habits.
Main Authors:Afonso, António
Other Authors:St. Aubyn, Miguel
Subject:Health Efficiency Regressing Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) OECD Countries
Year:2011
Country:Portugal
Document type:article
Access type:open access
Associated institution:Universidade de Lisboa
Language:English
Origin:Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa
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Summary:Regressing Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) output efficiency scores on nondiscretionary variables, with a two-stage DEA/Tobit and bootstrap procedures, we show that health inefficiency in Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries is related to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per head, education level, obesity and smoking habits.