Background: In recent years, measuring and evaluating the efficiency of health systems has been explored in the context … in the health sector. The study aims to quantify and compare the efficiency of OECD health systems in 2000, 2008, and … (eight-year interval). Methods: The analysis focuses on assessing the efficiency of the health systems of OECD countries over …

We provide a nonparametric revealed preference approach to demand analysis based on homothetic efficiency … homothetic efficiency of consumption choices. It generalises Heufer's (2013) two-dimensional concept to arbitrary dimensions and …

efficiency changes of 399 listed insurance firms in 52 countries during the 2002-2008 period, the paper reports a positive and …This study investigates whether the capital market values the efficiency of firms. After tracing stock returns and … statistically significant relationship between profit efficiency change and market adjusted stock returns. However, there is no …

) quality, ii) efficiency, and iii) ownership.i) Quality of health care is the most important good of the health production … of competition on quality of care.ii) The health economy also merits attention because of its sheer size e.g. with … industrialised countries, approximately one third of health care expenditure is generated by inpatient care. For this reason …

offer many potential advantages for improving the effectiveness and efficiency of health aid. … international financing for health remained off the agenda and sidelined from the debates. The aim of this note is therefore to … contribute to reflection on international development financing from the specific perspectives of health. It examines four issues …

offer many potential advantages for improving the effectiveness and efficiency of health aid. … international financing for health remained off the agenda and sidelined from the debates. The aim of this note is therefore to … contribute to reflection on international development financing from the specific perspectives of health. It examines four issues …

on all relevant neighborhood characteristics relating to health and healthcare utilization. Conclusion: Potential …