In recent years there has been an exponential growth in the number of publications related
to theory and applications of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). Charnes, Cooper, and …

A regional disparity is becoming increasingly important growth constraint. Policy makers
need quantitative knowledge to design effective and targeted policies. In this paper, the …

Objective Universal health coverage (UHC) is a major pathway to save many people from
catastrophic and impoverishing healthcare spending and address the inequality in health …

This is a study to measure the efficiency of the rural Health Centres (HCs) and their Regional
Surgeries (RSs) of the 6th Health Prefecture (HP) of Greece, which covers Southern and …

This paper examines the levels of health system efficiency and their possible determinants
across Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries using national-level data for those …

Introduction: Hospitals are considered as the most important consumer units in
thehealthcare sector and are one of the main organizations providing health care services …

Background Mid-level health workers (MLHWs) form the front-line of service delivery in
many low-and middle-income countries. Supervision is a critical institutional intervention …

The objective of this paper is to analyze the provincial efficiency of the Chinese community
health care service and its differences. This study allows us to predict the provincial …

In this paper, the regional efficiency of healthcare facilities in Slovakia is measured (2008–
2015) using a Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). The window DEA was chosen since it …

Abstract Background Primary Health Care (PHC) is an efficient strategy to improve health
outcomes in populations. Nevertheless, studies of technical efficiency in health care have …