countries. This paper provides evidence of significant differences in the cross-country level of efficiency of health care … efficiency levels of health care systems. The findings are, however, highly sensitive to the efficiency-estimation methodology …

This paper analyzes the most important determinants of healthcare efficiency across OECD countries. As previously … documented in the literature, we first provide evidence of significant differences in the cross-country level of efficiency in … healthcare provision. We then investigate how improvements in efficiency can be achieved by considering alternative efficiency …

cross-country level of efficiency of health care expenditure, meaning that potential cost savings for the countries … policies and institutions in the OECD countries and the efficiency levels of health care systems. The findings are, however …, highly sensitive to the efficiency-estimation methodology used …