International Journal of Economics, Business and Accounting Research (IJEBAR)
Vol 5, No 2 (2021): IJEBAR, VOL. 05 ISSUE 02, JUNE 2021

MEASURING THE EFFICIENCY OF HEALTH SYSTEM IN SUDAN USING DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS (DEA)

Omer Ali Eltahir (Assistant Professor)
Nizar Ben Abdallah (Lecturer)



Article Info

Publish Date
25 Jun 2021

Abstract

One of the central engrossments of the health sector is Efficiency. Objectives of the study to measure the efficiency of the health system in Sudan and to apply Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) in studying the efficiency of the health system in Sudan. Two outputs and two inputs are the variables of this study; Outputs include life expectancy at birth, infant mortality rate. Inputs of this study include current health expenditure (% of GDP) and hospital beds. The most important result that health expenditure, (% of GDP), impact significantly the efficiency of the Sudan health system. The overall efficiency of the health system in Sudan is inefficient, with only3 years (2001, 2002, and2010) as efficient over the 19 years, with an efficiency average of 0.954. The study presents some recommendations such as direct to conduct a study on measuring Sudan's health system performance using more indicators.

Copyrights © 2021






Journal Info

Abbrev

IJEBAR

Publisher

Subject

Economics, Econometrics & Finance

Description

International Journal of Economics, Business, and Accounting Research (IJEBAR) is a peer-reviewed, open access international scientific journal dedicated for rapid publication of high-quality original research articles as well as review articles in all areas of Economics, Business and Accounting. ...