The objective of this study is to evaluate the efficiency of the Canadian health care system from a national and provincial perspective in terms of waiting time. A two-stage data envelopment analysis is applied to examine the quantitative and expenditure efficiency of the health care system with...

The health care sector has become a large part of the national economy. Its expenditure share in the gross domestic product has been increasing over the years. An important piece of information for the current policy debate is the effectiveness and efficiency of our health care system. The...